Sometimes, that conspiracy is what keeps the business running. Whithout it, there would be no jobs.

Not that this is the case everywhere and everytime, but if technical decisions were left solely in the hands of people that lack technical skills, the situation would be even worse that it is now, with all the "enterprise software" floating around and causing trouble directly proportional to their cost.

The market is what lets programmers keep their jobs. There aren't enough of them, so they have to settle for what's out there.

Might as well make the best of it.