---
title: "On incompetence"
description: "Incompetent people hire other incompetent people."
author: "Ghaith Ayadi"
site: "Verbatim"
collection: "Briefs"
url: "https://verbatim.ayadighaith.com/briefs/on-incompetence"
date: 2026-05-18
updated: 2026-09-16
---
# On incompetence

Incompetent people hire other incompetent people.

They don't mean to.

They just can't tell the difference.