Your average software developer isn't going to be solving the most difficult problems. My view isn't that good programmers spend the majority of their time wri

Your average software developer isn't going to be solving the most difficult problems. My view isn't that good programmers spend the majority of their time writing boilerplate code. But my view also isn't that the average programmer _isn't_ doing that. I'd expect way more demonstrated knowledge for an interview in a higher level role than an mid level developer role. But the higher you go the less you actually need to demonstrate that. Why?