It’s not a caste system, rather a capitalist imitation where the capital is impact factor and grants and first authorship in nature and science. In this system

It’s not a caste system, rather a capitalist imitation where the capital is impact factor and grants and first authorship in nature and science. In this system software creators are just means to an end, and good software engineers are an irrational cost given the PhD student that can churn out working code for same impact factor for less money.