>This kind of thinking is what creates so much madness in the programming world. I don't know where you work but it sounds like hell. At some point, enough dev

>This kind of thinking is what creates so much madness in the programming world. I don't know where you work but it sounds like hell. At some point, enough developers/managers will begin to take advantage of the system until executives wise up. It's also possible that this is the CTO/CIO/management's first real position where they can throw around $100k projects out of a multi-million dollar budget and they are simply learning the ropes. It's also again possible that the company has so much cash devoted to this department that no one cares because they are collecting large paychecks. In which case, you're likely acting against your best interest (long and short term) to not take advantage of it.