I have had a variety of experiences in the corporate world - some bad and tasteless, much like what you have described, but some interesting and worthwhile.

I find that high powered corporate level people are still people, afterall. There are warm, kind hearted, talented individuals, with genuine concern and consideration for their fellow humans, and there are complete utter and selfish as*holes! I have met people of worth and consequence in the corporate world, and I have met people who empitomize the image of the corporate snakes.

Like you, I appreciate the warmer side of real life, and can't wait to get away from the blasting high tech DJ world and into my car with my Ed Miller, Bill Staines or Lyle Lovett CDs!