You are assuming she is given the chance to work on actual hard problems.<p>Why do you think Clyde wrote a custom cms in the first place? You think he didn&#x27;t know about Wordpress? In reality he knew but pushed for the custom implementation because it was the best route to improve his skills and increase his power within the company.<p>The truth is at a typical company Alice isn&#x27;t going to be rewarded either financially or with better projects.<p>I wish it was different but if they both worked at the same company Clyde would be the one taking first pick of all the best projects.