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Aha.. like an engineer who's never supported the product they shipped. Lotta talk.

I agree in spirit with everything he wrote. Except that it's just not real life, even when I've worked for businesses FLUSH with cash to "do the right thing". Even after saying almost his exact words to an otherwise intelligent boss, quantifying my point, and being proven right when I predicted his optimistic plan didn't work. Reality is messy when you peel back the first layer.




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