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It all comes back to the pointy-haired boss paradox; the PHBs have no knowledge of tech, but still have strong opinions about it. It's like having a basketball coach who doesn't know the rules of the game:

"Why don't you stop dribbling, pick the ball up and just carry it to the other side?"

It's more or less hopeless, and this "years of experience" thing is just one more symptom of the PHB phenomenon.



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