You definition fits a lot of fields. > Yet another example of how <startups/stock brokers/etc> serve no purpose in real life. Yes, there have been ground break

You definition fits a lot of fields. > Yet another example of how <startups/stock brokers/etc> serve no purpose in real life. Yes, there have been ground breaking innovations and discoveries from <startups/stock brokers/etc> folks but that's likely 10% of the good ones. Rest is just pure misery, like the one OP describes