&quot;This was a couple of software engineers who put this in for whatever reason&quot;<p>In other words, it&#x27;s the programmers, the &quot;geeks,&quot; the &quot;code monkeys&quot; that should take the fall for all of this and not the non-technical, MBA-holding managers to whom they answered and who almost certainly enjoy better compensation and more respect.<p>The perils of our profession&#x27;s relatively low prestige are on display here for all to see.