It's a big company. Someone's going to play.

You are contradicting yourself. If writing bullshit and making things worse gets you a better career position

You want a promotion? Make something cool, improve something while using approaches that will show that you deserve a higher position and, therefore, a bigger salary

Is not the rule of the game. Sell your story to your superiors is the rule of the game, that's the real metric, the the thing that really matters.

More like game rules: manager needs shiny buzzwords and big number go up. Having something that works fine for 5 years is considered stale and corporate culture is all about useless innovation.

But that isn't the game rule, now is it?

The rule is more: convince the c-suite that you deserve a promotion by any means necessary. Even if you have to make things up.

This is the difference between RAW and RAI.