>Tech lacks a real officer class that commands respect. This is spot on. Most of the currently big tech companies were founded by people who got where they are

>Tech lacks a real officer class that commands respect. This is spot on. Most of the currently big tech companies were founded by people who got where they are by means of their technical skill. The general disdain for "old order" businesses carries over into a disdain for management practices that were developed and refined at those "old" businesses, sometimes to the point that such things don't matter at all. So big companies end up being run by goofballs who live out some juvenile fantasy by appearing in Star Trek. Makes Richard Branson look like Thomas Watson in comparison.