The seven ages of the technologist

I made this list (1-6) today, well, if you can't laugh at yourself etc...

1. As student, listens to professor talk about the university’s own work as "state of the art"
2. First job, talk about your own work as "state of the art"
3. First management job, talk about "state of the art" as what your team does.
4. First executive job, talk about “state of the art” as being what the company does.
5. First consulting job, talk and write about “the state of the art” eccentrically and incorrectly—always in a self-aggrandizing way.
6. Start a company and agonise about why you can't find anyone doing "state of the art".
7. Blog about science and religion

(I added number 7 just for completeness)