The same thing you need to do to make lots of money and be put in a position of responsibility anywhere (whether you're good at what you do or not).
Be good and convincing people they should pay you lots of money and be given a position of responsibility. Either by being a good enough at communication that you can convince people your work is good whether it is or not, some kind of nepotism/social proof, sheer luck, or some combination of the above.
There's also actually being good enough that your work speaks for itself, but the OP asked about clueless people.
Be good and convincing people they should pay you lots of money and be given a position of responsibility. Either by being a good enough at communication that you can convince people your work is good whether it is or not, some kind of nepotism/social proof, sheer luck, or some combination of the above.
There's also actually being good enough that your work speaks for itself, but the OP asked about clueless people.