>* Much of the software development you will do in the plain vanilla business world is not very analytical, interesting, or exciting. Many companies are very sl

>* Much of the software development you will do in the plain vanilla business world is not very analytical, interesting, or exciting. Many companies are very slow moving* From what I've seen this is mostly because these companies are run by non-technical people or technical people who lost their technical skills. They're slow moving because they're conservative and scared. >your ability to influence that is going to be nil if you're just writing their software. This. Very much this. If you aren't into building larger systems and systems thinking you're going to get commoditized and shoved into a pure developer role with little influence.