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		chris_mahan on Dec 4, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Peter Thiel’s Unorthodox Management Philosophy of ... You do it, and if someone complains, you say you had to get this done in order to continue work. If it's something "out of your area" you treat it as a bug and you make a workaround. Remember: businesses only reward achievement.

stephengillie on Dec 4, 2012 [–]

Remember: businesses only reward achievement.

Which is why failing upward is such an unsuccessful career strategy. I'm with Dogbert on this one.

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