References and extends this post, may be better to start with it: https://brucefwebster.com/2008/04/15/the-wetware-crisis-the-...
>There was upper Apple management, basking in the sun; the great mass of Apple employees below; and between the two, a constantly shifting layer of middle managers whose function appeared to be to keep the two groups from mixing.[0]
[0] http://andstillipersist.com/2006/08/guerrilla-programming-li...