"inverted pyramid"

Haha, I'm glad you mentioned the inverted pyramid - I've used that to make fun of my former employer. That is so true though, so many managers hired their friends - and then proceeded to collect the hiring bonus. You might think that a manager hiring their own friend and then collecting the bonus might be a conflict of interest, and I would agree with you, but it happens.

Heh, I might become a locksmith. Over the summer we moved a lot of crap around... and this one storage closet we used we wanted to move the lock over to another door. It was one of those locks that has 5 buttons and you have to hit them in the correct order to open the lock (mechanical, not electric). Well, we decided to change the combo - the guy that came out charged $90/hr, and it took him only 15 minutes to do his work (still charge for the 1st hour...). Now, I know not all of that $90 is going into his pocket, but my old boss (from many years back) was a computer/network consultant and didnt charge all that much more than the lock guy.