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I'm in agreement with Jason about talent at AOL. There are some really talented people at AOL, but the majority of them are over-shadowed by people that are rewarded for their sucking-up and not necessarily their talent. When I worked there, I worked my butt off and my VP never noticed the work I did. Instead the people that brown-nosed and kissed her butt were the ones that got ahead (and are the ones that are STILL there). Meanwhile I worked long days with much lower pay, was extremely loyal to the company and it still got me no where. It's not about real talent at AOL; but rather talent at kissing butt and "appearing" to be working. The most important thing I learned at AOL--it's not what you know or how hard you work, but who you suck-up to (and how well you do that).