Build: An Unorthodox Guide to Making Things Worth Making

by Tony Fadell

Here are the different assholes you might have to deal with: 1. Political assholes: The people who master the art of corporate politics, but then do nothing but take credit for everyone else’s work. These assholes are typically incredibly risk averse—they’re focused exclusively on surviving and pushing others down so they can reach the top. They don’t make anything themselves—are absent for the real work and tough decisions—but they’ll happily leap in to cry “I told you so” when anybody else’s project has a hiccup, then try to swoop in to “fix” it. They often won’t speak up in large meetings because they never want to be seen by their bosses as being wrong—they can’t risk looking like an idiot. Instead they’ll work in the background to undermine you and everyone else who isn’t on their “team.” These assholes usually build a coalition of budding assholes around them—copycats who see it as their path to success. And there’s always one person who they hate and plot against and have to push out of the way somehow.

Types of as holes you need to work woth