Sometimes the problem can be one of self-definition, or of self-definition over time. Professionally, I have had years where I was definitely in maker mode and

Sometimes the problem can be one of self-definition, or of self-definition over time. Professionally, I have had years where I was definitely in maker mode and years where I was in manager mode. There are times when for a few months your head is down and you're just making stuff. Then the making slows down and what you've made goes into maintenance or into a next planning phase where lots of things have to happen at the same time. The problem can be that some developers see themselves as forever in maker mode: in other words they treat being asked to talk and discuss things as mere interruptions. A lot of managers I think are quite traumatized by this in a way: they can feel like they literally have no power to make things happen. As a result they may well over-react over the course of a career and treat anyone in maker mode as simply another developer who won't talk to them.