I admit that my novelist analogy breaks down a little when you're building, say, Facebook. But how many people who wished to be writers ended up working in adv

I admit that my novelist analogy breaks down a little when you're building, say, Facebook. But how many people who wished to be writers ended up working in advertising, or government, or someplace else where they do write a lot, in collaboration with others and subject to requirements handed to them by their bosses? I think most of us write software the way a copywriter writes copy at McCann[0]. It's great to make Creative Director, but... [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McCann_Erickson https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McCann_Erickson