Anytime you don't write code to solve a problem you are showing masterful traits. More code is often not the best answer, but if you sell yourself as a program

Anytime you don't write code to solve a problem you are showing masterful traits. More code is often not the best answer, but if you sell yourself as a programmer rather than a problem solver then refactoring an inefficient process rather than writing software to support it doesn't make you money. Be a domain expert, even an old-school systems analyst and use your brain first and programming chops as one of your tools. The masters are already among us but you won't identify them by using the amount of code they produce as a measure.