Originally Posted by
deSitter
...some pimply digeratus with a belly full of fast food and soda in some tacky office who knows where?
Jebus - that's some serious bile you have there. Ever tried counselling?
I've seen IT/software engineering/whatever buzzword you wish to use from the inside and it's ugly, and whether it's a pile of milspec engineers or a crowd of H1B slaves makes no difference.
Then as a physicist - a man of science and reason - you of all people should be aware of the dangers of confusing a single anecdote with data.