It's just that in my own weird way, I consider signing up/joining up to be part of the problem. Sure, it would gain me this karma I have been envying, but it would be me stepping over the gap in the bridge instead of rubbing the engineers face in it and making him make a better effort. Once I step over, he'll just shrug and say, you got over, didn't you?

and how would that satisfy my stubbornness?

* It was pointing out flaws in web user interfaces that got me my current job some six years ago, and I make my earnings by always trying to find better ways. As a web developer with focus on usability, I am often ashamed on behalf of service providers that focus on technical sides of issues... I don't argue to be difficult... I think.