Reaction I: True enough. What other field has had it as good as upper-end sw engs in the past decade or two, yet (~95% of the time) delivered meh-at-best results?

Reaction II: So...could you tell me more about those tech CEOs, and all the levels of management in between them and the actual sw engs? Because I'm thinking that they are the Architects / Engineers / Masons behind all the billion-dollar pyramids of sh*t. And downsizing/demoting/replacing all the "entitled, mediocre" laborers who haul the big stone blocks up the construction ramps every day is no different from rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic.