I don't think it's irony. Early jobs in your career drive your perspective on technology and culture. That imprint stays with you, and you build new things in

I don't think it's irony. Early jobs in your career drive your perspective on technology and culture. That imprint stays with you, and you build new things in that model. Even if it wasn't explicit, the child mimics the parent. In some cases it is explicit. (I'll make something that my old employer will want to buy, and configure it to be as obvious as possible a decision)