How to Lose Your Dream Job in 3 Easy Steps

This is timely; I just wrote a post title "Three ways to impress your boss." I hit on some of the points you made, especially the one about being smart does not mean being credible.

http://dalethoughts.com/2013/09/three-ways-to-impress-your-b...

This is something that has been bothering me for some time. The decision-making process on display here appears to be an appeal to authority by the CEO, wherein the author is a trusted authority. A suggestion to use an external product appears to have compromised the CEO's view that the author as an authority in his field, something the author never recovered from.

Am I the only one who thinks it's odd that a CEO is making decisions based on blind trust instead of an informed logical argument? Keep in mind I'm not talking about the mixpanel decision, I'm talking about all the decisions made thereafter.

I'm not so sure you were in the wrong. There is such a thing as management making bad decisions.

That being said, the lesson is very important to anyone trying to influence his or her organization.

Thanks for the candid post, Dan. Very introspective and honest.

Very valuable to be this self aware.

In most companies, even small ones, you're only as good as your last successful project. Once you get hung up on your success, you'll lose your credibility and eventually the support of your management team.

It's a tough lesson to learn. Now that you've experienced it, it will serve you better in the long run and future run-ins with upper management.

Good post btw.