> other 4 hierarchy levels between joel and bill should have challenged & asked those questions already. Congratulations, you invented bureucracy. Because thos

> other 4 hierarchy levels between joel and bill should have challenged & asked those questions already. Congratulations, you invented bureucracy. Because those 4 levels wouldn't (and most of the time - couldn't) answer those questions, so what they would do? Demand the lower level to answer it.