> It seems as if this state of comfort is due to a sense of defeat and acceptance, rather than of a true, genuine comfort. A whole lot of, say, Bay Area softwa

> It seems as if this state of comfort is due to a sense of defeat and acceptance, rather than of a true, genuine comfort. A whole lot of, say, Bay Area software developer salaries/compensation have genuine comfort. Defeat and acceptance doesn't come into this, for most organizations: they face little-to-no accountability for security problems or other system defects, so... comfort for the developers.