Real Agile, yes (look at the pedigrees of the signatories on The Manifesto). In my experience, modern SV companies are obsessed with hiring armies of short-ter

Real Agile, yes (look at the pedigrees of the signatories on The Manifesto). In my experience, modern SV companies are obsessed with hiring armies of short-term, barely-qualified LeetCoders. They sell dross. It would be a problem, if people didn't buy it, but people don't seem to mind, paying for crap. I worked for a company that did really good (and expensive) stuff. They are struggling, these days.