There&#x27;s a chapter in an early book where the IT consultant protagonist is leafing through a technical report from some government bureaucracy full with buzz-speak about how they require &quot;flexible system architectures&quot; and &quot;object oriented databases&quot; or something or the other. The consultant finds it amusing and says something along the lines of &quot;as long as they&#x27;re paying me&quot;. Reminded me a little of Brett Easton Ellis, there&#x27;s a similar kind of cynicism and detachment, with regards to white collar work.