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Old Posted Apr 22, 2014, 4:52 PM
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Originally Posted by Wizened Variations View Post
No, most often it is willful ignorance.

You tend to overestimate competence while underestimating the informal power of the "good old boy network."

Bottom line, as a CEO told me, "Incompetence is no excuse."

This is true in building anything. The results speak for themselves.
Interesting how you contradict yourself from one sentence to the other. Your premise that the "good old boy network" overpowers competence is in direct contradiction to the statement, attributed to a nameless CEO, that "Incompetence is no excuse."

Which is it?
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