It's really interesting how, from different vantage points, we have the same complaint. This industry, in the state that it's in, selects for those who over-pr

It's really interesting how, from different vantage points, we have the same complaint. This industry, in the state that it's in, selects for those who over-promise, impress others with their charming but vacuous stories, fail to deliver, and make a mess that's really difficult for the rest of us to clean up. "What do you mean you can't deliver <SaaS X> for 25 cents per terabyte?" "What do you mean you can't do this story in one week?" "What do you mean we'll have to hire a maintenance consultant to get out of this mess?" Institutions are still the main players and can develop persistent reputations and execute coherent strategies... but the game of private-sector technology itself is most successfully played by sociopathic individuals who make unrealistic promises, generate "flashiness" with minimal substance, and are promoted away from the chaos (say, into corporate upper management, or the VC investor ranks) before things start to blow up under their feet.