>What happens is that you get convoluted, over-engineered architectures and applications which really do nothing other than pad resumes.
But padding resumes is one of those seemingly fundamental problems of any industry (or bureaucracy). Many poor decisions by (middle) management come down to padding resumes - when the consequences of bad decisions eventually happen said managers are gone. Hell, you could even argue that a lot of higher education is about padding your resume rather than learning skills. Unfortunately, it seems that we have to live with the added baggage of "padding resumes".
But padding resumes is one of those seemingly fundamental problems of any industry (or bureaucracy). Many poor decisions by (middle) management come down to padding resumes - when the consequences of bad decisions eventually happen said managers are gone. Hell, you could even argue that a lot of higher education is about padding your resume rather than learning skills. Unfortunately, it seems that we have to live with the added baggage of "padding resumes".