[mikestew]

The author isn't wrong, but there's enough straw men in there that I'd recommend that you refrain from smoking while reading it. What was written was most likely true for the group the author worked in at Microsoft at the time. It most certainly is not a report on the software industry in general at that time. Some of it's true, some of it might have been true at some companies. But do note it's generalizations that don't give much to argue about; it's mostly old man shaking fist at clouds. Or cranky old anti-social asshole rants about kids today, depending on the read.

But this gem stands out:

"I would fix it, he’d verify, and we’d keep no records."

Yeah, you don't get to work on my team if you're going to sweep bugs under the rug.