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Javaman

(62,534 posts)
Thu Mar 16, 2017, 03:15 PM Mar 2017

it just occured to me. the orange menace is a text book example of

the peter principle.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_principle

The Peter principle is a concept in management theory formulated by Laurence J. Peter and published in 1969. It states that the selection of a candidate for a position is based on the candidate's performance in their current role, rather than on abilities relevant to the intended role. Thus, employees only stop being promoted once they can no longer perform effectively, and "managers rise to the level of their incompetence."

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it just occured to me. the orange menace is a text book example of (Original Post) Javaman Mar 2017 OP
actually, he is many levels above his competence niyad Mar 2017 #1
Indeed! ymetca Mar 2017 #2
Peter Principal is mostly for non PoC, we get fired of we screw up uponit7771 Mar 2017 #3

ymetca

(1,182 posts)
2. Indeed!
Thu Mar 16, 2017, 03:17 PM
Mar 2017

And the apotheosis of self-loathing. "Who better to attack all those awful elites than myself, the worst of them!"

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