"As an employee, being a developer is largely a crap job in which you get little respect and virtually no power" Incidentally this is also why having a develop

"As an employee, being a developer is largely a crap job in which you get little respect and virtually no power" Incidentally this is also why having a developer-centric culture is important in a technology company. I use the term 'technology company' broadly as one that is attempting to leverage technology to make a profit. Big media companies seem unable to do things involving even simple technology well, even with big budgets, existing audiences, and partnerships. eg the New York Times' $40 million dollar 'paywall'. I suspect this is because their management simply view tech as a commodity defined by its feature set, as opposed to a skilled craft like journalism where quality matters.