The top jobs of society

I'm not talking about jobs like engineering, medicine that make the big buck, I'm talking about CEOs and the like. Anyhoo, a friend of mine says that you need friends to get you up there. When you've reached that stage. It's less about talent and more about luck.

• Nowadays - that is EVERY decent job - not just the top. There's a chick in our company who arrived fresh out of school with a degree in English. Her dad was good friends with our President. Well within a year and several months later she has moved through 3 different positions and is now a senior director at the fresh age of 26. The sort of position that takes most people 15-20 years of working in a field to achieve. She was also quite humble and quiet when she started and turned into a total corporate bitch within a year. Welcome to real life, OP.

• [quote] CEOs and the like. Anyhoo, a friend of mine says that you need friends to get you up there. OP, depending on the industry, one of the main qualifications is that they have "friends"; candidates who don't have the relationships that can help the business as a whole are not considered for the position. You've got the cart before the horse here.

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• Me again-- It's absolutely not about luck--it's about the talent of building business relationships.

• And Luck

• Actually, the dirty little secret is that you have to prove you're willing to steal and turn a blind eye to stealing to get a CEO job in America. There has been a political correctness test for management for close to 50 years, and Wall Street makes sure no liberals get those positions.

• "Nowadays - that is EVERY decent job - not just the top." Absolutely true - especially a job with "full benefits" such as medical insurance, dental insurance and paid vacation time.

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