I'm a B, for sure. I'm trying to create new tools to deal with the "things are really messed up" problem... in part because I can create a working business and get myself out of the enterprise, and in part because I genuinely want to make this industry better. What I like about what I'm building is that it changes the human/computer ratio in debugging and problem-solving for complex systems.

Have computers do what computers do well, so people can do what people do well. That's the core of my approach to building software. A big part of the reason enterprise development sucks is because debugging is so manual. Automate parts vulnerable to automation, and engineers won't just be more efficient - they'll be happier.

At a megacorp, as a developer, you have as much chance of changing the culture as you have of stopping a hurricane with a fart.

There are two Bs, though: one sees opportunity to sell change. The other sees opportunity to perform arbitrage against the inefficiencies.

Actually A and B are same person. Just two different phases.

That age old saying, "Change you job, or change your job."

Opportunity to fix other people's mess at the expense of your health (since you are not likely to get dedicated time for refactoring) and have a "thank you", while CEO gets an oversized bonus?