Re: time-limited careers
I suspect the bureaucracy isn't so much "rigid" (as in, strictly enforced, though there's some of that too) as it is "pervasive" -- basically everywhere, no getting away from nor around it.
Once you get to the size of Intel, it's hard to even get out of your own way. Turning radius of the Titanic, and like that.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
