Wonder if US jobs are now split into 2 distinct roles - doing the work vs taking credit for the work. My limited experience in the Bay area seems to indicate that complaining about other people's work is more career beneficial than doing the work. Is this an effective method for credit/risk re-assignment after the fact?
Does preventing burn out come down to being paid (in cash/RSU's/etc) for the productive output of others ? If you are the one generating productive surplus for others, doesn't it become hard to justify the longer it goes on.
I do not understand how people can write in their resume that they helped their company generate $100 million revenue per year, while being paid < 1 million per year and not feel like they were taken for a ride.