I don't see why it has to be either - or situation (enlightened vs practical work) And hiring only mindless drones or software "engineers" that are just capable

I don't see why it has to be either - or situation (enlightened vs practical work) And hiring only mindless drones or software "engineers" that are just capable of cobbbling together some frameworks and make a text-and-pictures website that takes more RAM to use than a fucking CAD design suite or AAA game