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I think it depends.

A lot of large institutional companies effectively work "on rails", so loads of C-level execs there are glorified middle managers whose only talent is climbing the greasy pole.

Young companies though, they have "real" go-getter execs.

Finding out who is who, is a skill in itself.




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