A company is a company. For some weird reason techies used to think that they were special, but that time came to an end

Not ironic at all. VP didn't become VP by doing great technical work. They made the VP before them look nice.

Capitalism cannot produce good software, just like it cannot produce good art, or children.

At the end of the day, they find a way to get rid of you if you don’t, even if the VP would endorse your efforts. I understand what you’re saying and hope you understand why it happens, it took me years, and pain.

I mean… that’s kind of the goal really. If you are a leader, you want the people under you to go along with your priorities. That’s a feature, not irony.

I think another way to get to the same effect is to say “A company needs good leaders”.