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> I've seen this many times. Managers / owners don't have ability to assess who is an expert and who isn't. So whoever talks more convincingly is the "ninja rockstar". After that they can do no wrong. Also after that somehow admitting publicly that the person they picked is a scam artist becomes pretty hard, because it also means admitting to their own mistake of believing them.

I am seeing that a lot right now in public services (I entered a year and a half ago). I am looking at decade-old project going nowhere and managers trying to plug it into anything that would justify its existence (poisonning other agencies in the process).

> Others who see what's going on, leave and this this eventually leads to the whole ship sinking.




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