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THere are people that can get by without having the necessary skills, but are able to schmooz and snow and BS and backstab. Some of them get farther up the ladder than others. Usually, but not always, someone above them figures it out. In the right position in the wrong company they can last a lifetime.

This is the other side of the coin from folks that are highly skilled and very good at their job (but not necessarily schmoozing), but their merit not seen and they aren't recognized or promoted figuratively or literally. I've seen that many times too. They usually end up leaving on their own, but not always. Hell, sometimes they are even laid off.