While being equally clueless across the board, the main difference between those in charge and those who are not, is that the former attempt to keep and justify appearances, while the latter either can't be bothered putting in the effort or trust that the "system" knows better.
It's the status quo that allows us all to perceive structure and progression where there isn't any. It lets us believe that, as humans, we are not subject to chaos and entropy the same way everything else is, that our supposedly superior intellects let us transcend irrelevance.
It's the human comedy in all its glory, an amazingly funny one if you ask me.
As a soon-to-be grad who is in business and not computer science, it rings so true here as well. All I have really learned is not only do I have no idea what I am doing, typically the higher-ups are half winging it most of the time. Makes me feel a lot better at the end of the day.
I think a big part of this is a tendency for people to get the interesting parts of a project done, and then foist the rest of it off onto someone else. This isn't always malicious - turnover and old code does it.
It's the status quo that allows us all to perceive structure and progression where there isn't any. It lets us believe that, as humans, we are not subject to chaos and entropy the same way everything else is, that our supposedly superior intellects let us transcend irrelevance.
It's the human comedy in all its glory, an amazingly funny one if you ask me.