Regarding this: > Also, there's nothing inherently limiting this kind of "good sticks around, bad cycles again and again" behavior to computer hardware. I have

Regarding this: > Also, there's nothing inherently limiting this kind of "good sticks around, bad cycles again and again" behavior to computer hardware. I have to imagine this happens all over the place. I remember reading on Joel On Software, in one writing on hiring that's the same thing for devs, the good devs stay in the company and the bad ones keep cycling in the labor market.