I heard the greatest story of promotion incentive hacking at FAANG today. A very well known Engg VP knew that: a) you can only really be promoted in ~2 yrs. the few cycles after a promotion are pointless b) you are promoted on your impact, complexity, scope, leadership and independence In order to make sure his entire team gets promoted in due time, he would just ensure the ~25% of his team 2yrs into their level and "up for promo" this cycle take credit for the work of the entire team, with…