Want to know where people that have 100,000 "followers" on LinkedIn are hired despite having no discernible skill set work? They work at Auctane! It is better to appear knowledgeable (by rehashing things you read in a book written by another person with no experience) than it is to actually be knowledgeable at Auctane. There is an extremely talent engineering department at auctane, but other orgs (marketing, customer support, product) are contaminated by toxic people with very few qualifications and don't have a clue what they're doing. There is too much emphasis on process (which isn't even followed if you're in the "in crowd") but if deadlines are being missed you HAVE to actually sit down and actually do real work. This is the only company I have worked at where the "superstars" are actually the least knowledgeable/qualified people on the team. If you're not in the "in crowd" then you will be talked down to and ridiculed by people with questionable backgrounds. The amount of managers with no people skills, no ability to make sound decisions, no ability to earn trust is astounding and everyone knows it. Very few people are actually happy here
