Are you sure? Software development seems like a fairly efficient market: low cost of entry, plenty of innovators, enormous market cap, few subsidies, rapid turnover of companies. Nothing about functional programming seems particularly prone to cognitive biases. It would be remarkable if software companies were all completely stupid and nobody had ever realised for long enough to become a billionaire.
Are you sure? Software development seems like a fairly efficient market: low cost of entry, plenty of innovators, enormous market cap, few subsidies, rapid turnover of companies. Nothing about functional programming seems particularly prone to cognitive biases. It would be remarkable if software companies were all completely stupid and nobody had ever realised for long enough to become a billionaire.
I can’t talk much about my job, especially since I’m posting using my real name. But yes, I’m sure...