I also feel pretty strongly that many companies have been hoarding engineers/etc. because they've been so flush with cash from places like SoftBank and because

I also feel pretty strongly that many companies have been hoarding engineers/etc. because they've been so flush with cash from places like SoftBank and because there has been no expectation of making a profit for the last 10 years. Then they make them work on a VPs pet-projects with not much business value and those will be reviewed fairly soon.