>I wonder how many of those desk jobs actually create value though. >Some paper pushing asshole working for the government demands some paper bullshit. Some ot

>I wonder how many of those desk jobs actually create value though. >Some paper pushing asshole working for the government demands some paper bullshit. Some other paper pushing asshole working for bigco produces said paper. Is value actually created? Perhaps there's some risk mitigation but enough to justify their respective wages? And the need to push that paper back and forth locks the little guy out of competing in that market. Probably a minuscule (<5%) amount? Think about it. In a 100 person tech company, how many people do you think is doing legal/compliance/security? More than 5?