Being a highly paid professional in an extremely intellectual field is a "low-status role"? Where? Let’s not pretend that cranking out CRUD apps is in any way

Being a highly paid professional in an extremely intellectual field is a "low-status role"? Where? Let’s not pretend that cranking out CRUD apps is in any way intellectual, outside of Silly Valley the pay is nothing special and “geek” is synonymous with “total loser”.