> How very cynical indeed. I got a real kick out of this part, thanks. I'm imagining a scrawny, somewhat aged nerd-type but with a monocle flying off his face.

> How very cynical indeed. I got a real kick out of this part, thanks. I'm imagining a scrawny, somewhat aged nerd-type but with a monocle flying off his face. Hilarious. Anyway, this is pretty much the same thing architects always say, but where I work the ideas for technologies they play with come from "normal" devs like me. Like, RabbitMQ wouldn't even be on their radar unless someone less experienced told them about it. I know how the "adding value" thing can come off like hard-nosed cowboy coder nonsense. But in truth, we lowly plebeian devs are capable of writing code and keeping apprised of new tech at the same time.