office politics..

"the most talented and accomplished employees often take a backseat to their politically adept coworkers, losing ground in the race to get ahead—sometimes even losing their jobs." 

From one book excerpt I read. The question is why. Why must I play the game. It's tiring, the guy that does the job best isn't the one that gets the job, the one that plays the politics best does. And they the guy that didn't get the job, has to fix the job, cause the guy that "won" it...doesn't know what they are doing.

 And we go around and around again, I just want to do what I'm good at, drawing, drafting, cad until my farm can pay for itself. I'm a good draftsman, I know the programs I can follow directions. I can do red lines, heck I can mark em up. I just want to work. Just work....