To some extent what you say is true, but only partly. I'm not part of the cult of the "rockstar programmer". I do write a lot of good code, and I tend to do it

To some extent what you say is true, but only partly. I'm not part of the cult of the "rockstar programmer". I do write a lot of good code, and I tend to do it much faster than other programmers that I work with. But programming is not actually my job description. Without going into details - I do something else for living, that uses computers quite heavily, and automating my job is more of a hobby. I have a huge amount of flexibility in what I do, so there is an element of substituting 1,2,3 for X,Y,Z because I find them more interesting. My boss wouldn't care one way or another - he is more interested in whether or not the tasks get finished, and maintaining a high quality level in the final product.