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> who faces the constant up-hill struggle to convince IT that Node.js is ready only to have it shot down time and time again

So it sounds like it is not ready. _This_ drama, tangled slinkies of callbacks, drama with the Node.JS contributor that got pushed out because if "her" vs "his" pronouns and so on. Nothing of that says it is ready. So I pretty much agree with your IT department. Sorry.

> And, I'm sick of failing because other people suck, won't learn, won't adapt, won't address problems or make progress.

Maybe they did, they just didn't arrive at the same conclusion as you. Maybe they are even right.