I wonder if the key word in there is "company." Modern companies tend to be VC funded monstrosities that onboard a lot of programmers to do things to make VC fi

I wonder if the key word in there is "company." Modern companies tend to be VC funded monstrosities that onboard a lot of programmers to do things to make VC firms find more seed capital. This selects for complexity, not finished product. We've seen a lot of one-man or small-team companies do some pretty amazing stuff, because usually they are solving a problem that they have. If you're high on VC cash (or are trying to get high on VC cash), the problems you are trying to solve is more marketing than technical.