This all reads vaguely like justification people often use for one off anecdotes trying to support a whole system. Obviously sometimes things work out, otherwis

This all reads vaguely like justification people often use for one off anecdotes trying to support a whole system. Obviously sometimes things work out, otherwise the system would completely collapse, it's just a matter of ratio and amount of grifters in the field making our (the "average" HN high level coder) lives miserable through sheer incompetence