Excellent article. I am a lifelong corporate IT guy who has a life long fantasy of working in a startup company. In my most recent job in which I have been on

Excellent article. I am a lifelong corporate IT guy who has a life long fantasy of working in a startup company. In my most recent job in which I have been on for 13 years, the IT shop consisted of about 30 people when I started. We were very entrepreneurial when I started and used to be rock stars who would crank out solutions for the business. Now we are 200 people moving at snail speed spending most of our time on compliance projects, infrastructure upgrades, and mindless enhancements to monolithic systems. It is hard to promote change because the status quo is rewarded. As I walk the halls, many people look like they are serving time. Management (which includes me) is always trying to foster innovation and new ideas. But only the newer employees participate. They have not assimilated yet. I am sure after they hit the wall a few times, they to will walk with slumped shoulders. So your article hit home and was a great read. The next time I go to the zoo and look at the lion in the cage, I will realize that I am looking in the mirror. http://blogs.ittoolbox.com/eai/madgreek http://blogs.ittoolbox.com/eai/madgreek