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that's not a manager, that's an internal client from hell.

and yes, the world is full of these dysfunctional groups flush with money. (you might euphemistically call it this or that VC/startup scene)

on one hand it's great that there's plenty of room for technical improvement, on the other it needs the right socioeconomic circumstances. sometimes FOSS helps with this. (developers who spend their career working on products based on FOSS stuff at least have some chance of knowing that their efforts can might be valuable for a wider audience.)