I'm not sure that fixing something that is broken is a good allegory for what programmers do, because a lot of us (most of us?) create new things. The impact t

I'm not sure that fixing something that is broken is a good allegory for what programmers do, because a lot of us (most of us?) create new things. The impact that creating something new can have can range from changing the course of history, to literally nothing (like most everything I've written). Programmers and mechanics have a vastly different impact potential than one another. No: One developer probably cannot _type_ x10 as fast as another. But they might be able to write code that can cure cancer -- while you/I can only regurgitate the same CRUD app over and over.