@JoscelynTransient@chaosfem.tw
@sashag@anarres.family There's some mixed stuff around the Peter Principle and the Dunning-Krueger Effect in terms of evidence, but there is a certain intuitive truth about it. There are definitely people and organizations it describes!
And also, what you said about management is true too! I know some people who are great at doing the administrative and coordinating work for research teams or community programs, but who really struggle doing the work itself. Those people should be supported in doing that and thriving in those roles too, as managerial or coordinating labor is also a thing! Often, the people who are doing the real bones of that work though are given titles like "administrative assistant" and treated as being lower status so they can be exploited, whereas I think those are the real rockstars, you know?
Grumble grumble rant rant
@sashag@anarres.family
@JoscelynTransient@chaosfem.tw Yes, it's a nuanced thing. And actually I'm a terrible project manager, because… squirrel brain
But I'm a really good "people manager".
And something some people have a hard time to understand: I'm not looking to optimize my salary, nor am I fond of titles. Heck, it took me three months to memorize my role title at StreetScooter (unfortunately I seem to be unable to unlearn it again 🫠
"Head of Department for Digital, Analytics and Connected"). If I'm navigating the hierarchies, it's to get to the place where I can do what I'm best at. If that doesn't have any title at all, fine!