Cullen Murphy and one other writer from The Atlantic wrote a book (unless it was just an article) about the notion of "neoteny", the preservation of juvenile characteristics into a mature age. They noted that among North American wildlife the tendency increased as the animals were further from their (presumed) original range. The biologists argued that the younger traits added to the adaptability of the animals and enabled them to thrive in conditions different from those of their ancestors. You could make an argument for the uses of neoteny in the software business.
(I once amused an (extremely grown-up) immigrant acquaintance by proposing this as the explanation for the immaturity he saw in Californians, suggesting that the Eastern US was the home range of the American. But of course he saw Americans as generally immature.)
I do not blame anyone for enjoying it when his chosen work makes him a lot of money. I do not blame any man for aspiring to attract women better looking than he is. (And I think you mean "entitled", in which case, No, nobody's entitled.) But yes, a little consciousness of what it's about wouldn't hurt a bit.
I've encountered a number of articles and podcasts that extend the thesis that the process of domestication produces neoteny - that dogs are what wolf puppies would be if they never attained adult wolfhood. Many left the reader/listener with the idea that perhaps humanity had domesticated itself; purposefully weeded out those who become aggressive and self-involved and less trusting (by prison, execution, exile, cultural norms of fitting partners for reproduction) and made conditions more favorable for those who remain childish and collaborative longer. Hardly reproducible, but fun to think about.
(I once amused an (extremely grown-up) immigrant acquaintance by proposing this as the explanation for the immaturity he saw in Californians, suggesting that the Eastern US was the home range of the American. But of course he saw Americans as generally immature.)
I do not blame anyone for enjoying it when his chosen work makes him a lot of money. I do not blame any man for aspiring to attract women better looking than he is. (And I think you mean "entitled", in which case, No, nobody's entitled.) But yes, a little consciousness of what it's about wouldn't hurt a bit.