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Inspired By the Peter Principle: the Peter Pinnacle

Posted by timothy on from the but-that's-the-goal dept.

bfwebster writes "Michael Swaine — long-time, well-known and very prolific author/editor in the programming and personal computing worlds — has just devised a new twist on the Peter Principle: the Peter Pinnacle, 'meaning to get promoted so high and to be so unqualified for your job that the company tells you that you can name your price just to go away.' I'm sure the timing of the neologism is just a coincidence."

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  1. An astute lack of information by mark-t · · Score: 5, Informative

    The article has no more information than the above summary, does not use any specific examples which illustrate the case, and does not have any links to any further information whatsoever.

    If the author doesn't care enough about it to actually take the time to explain in detail what he is really talking about, why should anyone care enough about his opinion to listen?

    Sorry for how hostile this post sounds... I'm not angry or anything, just mildly disappointed. An actual paper describing this phenomenon could have been an interesting read, if there had actually been one.

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  2. Fiorina by McGruber · · Score: 5, Informative

    I'm sure the timing of the neologism is just a coincidence.

    Back in 2005, Carly Fiorina took $21 million to walk away from HP: http://money.cnn.com/2005/02/09/technology/hp_fiorina/

  3. This is the dumbest thing I've ever read by rsilvergun · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Are we really so dense that we can't just acknowledge that we have a ruling class? You don't spill the blood of kings folks, and you don't punish executives for screwing up. It's the same thing. The only difference is they got smart enough to stop flaunting their wealth so you'd think of them as 'one of us' and not even consider revolting. You can't win a (class) war when only one side knows it's fighting...

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  4. Regarding Kings by AliasMarlowe · · Score: 5, Interesting

    According to Ralph Waldo Emerson, "when you strike at a king, you must kill him". Merely spilling his blood nonfatally can leave you getting unwanted attention from an irate king and his cohorts of stooges.

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  5. Re:Tired... by plopez · · Score: 5, Funny

    Maybe we should just pay the slashdot editors to go away.

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