One problem nowadays is the ballpark is more abstracted. Quite commonly one has to deal with bizarre API's and bureaucracy. If for example there is a problem w

One problem nowadays is the ballpark is more abstracted. Quite commonly one has to deal with bizarre API's and bureaucracy. If for example there is a problem with a library you are using, you can quite easily spend weeks trying to coordinate with someone to fix it, if they can be bothered to incorporate your fix in the first place. Sure you could workaround the problem, but that is not always easy either.