This is Conways Law on steroids. The political climate is so thick and disfunction is so deep not to mention the discriminatory practice of IT Principal Community and never promotion territory of SUW IT, Should you avoid all these pitfalls you just might survive, Its who you know and circle of trust that entitles you. Not what you can do. Every Band 4 knows they do all the work all the time and Band 6 knows it. There's a dysfunctional layer at Band 5 just lucky enough to know they got the job for some reason other than they are actually leaders. I've seen people promoted fast and crazy and others 15 years leading, coaching, mentoring with nothing other than thanks for walking to the loser lot at 2am after another great release.