[ejk314]

I hate to resort to this cliche... but our harsh self-view might just be because our industry is so young. We have higher project failure rates than other 'engineering' disciplines; but we're still trying to figure out HOW to build things. Half of the time, it's like giving an engineering crew a new, barely tested material and telling them to build a skyscraper with it.

The way I see it, our negativity is actually quite hopeful. We know we can do better. We know we WILL do better. So we are hard on ourselves because we see how far we have to go and what it will take to get there.