paradigms were made needlessly complex and 'tools vendors' would sell old tools and keep new ones in house.
Software Engineering was gatekeepered to only let in certain types. And rewards for the effort were only given to selected people.
the 200 - 300 K jobs are only for family
most hiring is money laundering.
most hires were for arbitrage fraud.
engineering no longer matters.
all coding standards were a farce.
Software engineering is basically a fraud.