BFTP: Career evolution

A weekend Blue Skunk "feature" will be a revision of an old post. I'm calling this BFTP: Blast from the Past. Original post June 14, 2008.

Consulting: If you're not a part of the solution, there's good money to be made in prolonging the problem. despair.com

When I was young I liked frying eggs.
I went to school and got a degree in frying eggs.
I got a job frying eggs.
I was the best at frying eggs for the company so they had me supervise others frying eggs.
I was the best at supervising those who fried eggs so they had me manage the supervisors.
I gave a conference presentation on how to fry eggs good.
I wrote a book about how to fry eggs good.
I have a blog about how to fry eggs good.
I became an egg frying consultant.

I don't remember how to fry eggs anymore.

Does anybody remember The Peter Principle - that we all rise in our organizations until we become incompetent and then remain in that position?

You don't much hear it mentioned much anymore. Is it because we are embarrassed?

Has the world become so complex and so fast changing that none of us feel competent? That none of us can keep up?