> I always find it bizarre how people like this can operate. They are acting rationally within their belief system of making money. Enterprise software is exa

> I always find it bizarre how people like this can operate. They are acting rationally within their belief system of making money. Enterprise software is exactly that, software used by enterprise -- it doesn't signify any good qualities (far from it) only that it provides a cost-effective software solution to a defined business need. The issue is when corps get bailed out, overfunded, or have revenue mostly outside of software (e.g. gov't contracts) as it eliminates cost-effective from the equation... so you just end up with buggy messes (code as a cost center). You'd have to work in the tiny niches where tech is the true product to find good development ...and even then...