When the way of Unix is forgotten,
   "team players" and "professionalism" appear.
When ego and cleverness dominate,
   the codebase becomes a pile of cruft.
When the team has not jelled,                                         
   "vision statements" and "objective-setting" are all we hear of.
When the startup is heading for the rocks,
   the talk is of "company loyalty" and "management by exception".

[Credit: esr provided an early version.]