Funny because that&#x27;s exactly the choice I just made.<p>Why should I - after spending 20 years turning myself into a top tier developer - spend all of that talent and investment fixing the horrible mess that two generations of management have created for me?<p>I can earn twice as much freelancing or moving into management.<p>And, honestly, I&#x27;m beginning to think that we should just let market forces do their thing. These are the software equivalent of the subprime mortgages -  if I spend an enormous amount of capital I can stop it failing but I simultaneously remove any downside. So these &quot;management&quot; types can make the same errors all over again.<p>Nah, starting for myself is much more interesting. That seems to be the Valley way (although I live on the other side of the ocean).