Sometimes, as a developer, I ask higher level questions about the business. Who is the customer? What problems do they have that we are trying to solve? How

Sometimes, as a developer, I ask higher level questions about the business. Who is the customer? What problems do they have that we are trying to solve? How does this business make money? How are the executives measured? These are questions that are relevant if you want me to add value in a non code monkey way. But, sometimes, when I ask these questions, I get looks that say "You're paid to write code, so stop asking non code questions." Or maybe I'm just projecting.