This is the way of IT. With every software/hardware refresh
much of what you knew is changed or gone. You are now competing with a group who just got trained on what is being installed and who will work tirelessly for less. Staying viable is a big part of the job, relationships are crucial if you are to survive after 50.
Corporation are legal fictions, created by law, and are therefore the only _children_ of government. Government is much more concerned and interested in these fictional creatures, than real human beings; so too are many here on FR.
DC and other components of government, require, coerce and bribe corporations to operate in enumerable ways which are contrary to the benefit of USAians.