Just as raw as the accounts of the unhappy PUAs ("pick-up artists") are the faux-testimonies doing the same job as the shills and plants of the 1890s snake oil market.
However a few enterprising folks have found homes in technology companies, not as shills for tech products, but as a way to return quality to areas that the firm is focused on.
Or should I say "the Rose Bowl, presented by Citi, " as the shills on The Walt Disney Co. (nyse: DIS - news - people ) sports networks--which holds the TV contract--are required to call it.