&gt;How do you switch from one strain to another?<p>End up around people that already have that strain, get their attention, and become friends so you can learn and they can teach. You unfortunately just can&#x27;t teach yourself everything.<p>It sounds like another form of pedigree selection. Or maybe dividing the field up into &quot;us vs. them&quot;. Pretty understandable sentiment if you get pushed into fixing Healthcare.gov like he describes in one of his talks and working with guys arguing about tickets not existing because they&#x27;re on different ticket systems and people with zero motivation to build a decent product. Wastage is immense in IT from the sounds of it in this talk: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=7Vc8sxhy2I4" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=7Vc8sxhy2I4</a>