And what would you say to me, given I'm diabetic? Yeah, I've had a few beers in my time, and still once in awhile. But I've finally realized in the last few ye

And what would you say to me, given I'm diabetic? Yeah, I've had a few beers in my time, and still once in awhile. But I've finally realized in the last few years exactly how badly alcohol messes up blood sugar levels (honestly, practically every illegal drug is safer for me from a biochemical perspective because how the liver's function of regulating blood sugar levels is affected by alcohol) and so I drink far more judiciously now. I wish I'd paid more attention to this years ago. But alcohol is not really the point of the article, it is the emotional relationship to alcohol that people / society has and of the immaturity of this relationship. Her boss in the first anecdote sounds like a wanna-be cult leader. She should have mentioned his age; that would have been useful, I think - I am assuming the older one gets, the wiser about such things normal people get (the pointlessness of bullying people like that). You could substitute "agile", or some other fad buzzword, and you could easily write a similar article. I am now reminded of my stint at Peoplesoft, where first day of orientation was all about the wonders of becoming a PeoplePeople and PeopleThis and PeopleThat. It was pathetic. Companies consciously are using cult indoctrination tactics now, I think. The idea of 'pay people a decent wage in return for quality work' is ... old fashioned. Instead, you are supposed to give your soul to the company in return for ... what? I don't remember this attitude when I was in my twenties, but that was before the Internet happened and 20 year olds started becoming billionaires. When "rah rah rah" is the driving force, as opposed to a sense of professionalism, then that's not a job a sensible person wants. Software development / IT is not a religion, it is merely a craft.