“He had whatever status or clout or whatever went with it for useful purposes, but no people reporting to him.”
The Peterman Pod · Brian Kernighan: Inside Bell Labs, The Best Programmer, Why C Won
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held the title of department head without any direct reports to gain status and clout
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