I was once told by someone trying to forcibly mentor me that "you'd be a VP by now if you stopped thinking through the implications of your actions."

· Bits and Bobs 10/13/25
  • I was once told by someone trying to forcibly mentor me that "you'd be a VP by now if you stopped thinking through the implications of your actions."[kd]
    • I imagine her perspective would be something like:
    • "I won't be here in 6 months. If I don't cut this corner someone else will and they'll get promoted. So why not get the benefit for myself? I'm not preventing harm anyway since someone else will do it, and the person who does it might be even less scrupulous than me."[ke]