At theendof the developmentcycle, youend up with software that isapaleshadow of the shining, glorious monument to software engineering that you envisionedwhen you started.
Yet, despite our draconian tax code and Byzantine tax loopholes, our unwieldy entitlements, our initiative-sapping welfare state, our inability to train our citizens in the much-needed skill areas of science, technology, engineering, and math, we still have shining stalwarts.