> Software projects are a magnitude more about "people" and "negotiation" than it is "how do do this technical widget efficiently" and "how can we make this arc

> Software projects are a magnitude more about "people" and "negotiation" than it is "how do do this technical widget efficiently" and "how can we make this arch scale" (these are all relatively solved problems, despite us trying to reinvent the wheel). Even projects that fail due to, on the surface, technical problems are actually a result of people and leadership, and the effect they have on the project. If you think the current crop of managers are doing all this, I am afraid you are mistaken.