Comment by 52-6F-62

I'm not sure sure.

I worked under people who started as juniors that way but were politically savvy. Or just ruthless. And pushed their way to the top by stealing projects, lying through their teeth, and other such tactics.

They were slowing down progress because their methods involved sabotaging the progress of others because it might make their own contributions shine a little less.

They were the cause of using libraries like leftPad all through business critical code, and cutting anyone down who dared to simply question why.

These things cause ripples. The smartest and most capable staff leaves, what results is a churn of the same kind.

But hey, they get a trip to Mexico every year and burn through millions every two years. Profit any day now.