"rbowman" wrote in message
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On 02/10/2019 12:53 PM, Roger Wilco wrote:
I'm sure there are some very smart inventive people at AT&T but you
probably won't find them in management.

Those who can, do. Those who can't, manage.

You really need smart people in both areas to succeed. Smart, inventive
techies tend to go off on tangents because the tangent is fun and
interesting. You need managers to set the goal and make sure everyone is
working toward it.

That applies to life in general. Capable people without leadership tend to
mill around. The problem is competent leaders are hard to find.

And not easy to get plenty of those to do that sort of work
instead of doing what interests them at the coal face either.