> I find this distinction harmful. Are we going back to the days where there were programmers who did the grunt work and architects who told them what to do? Y

> I find this distinction harmful. Are we going back to the days where there were programmers who did the grunt work and architects who told them what to do? You're fooling yourself if you believe that that's not the norm already. In fact, it boggles the mind how anyone believes that inexperienced people who are taking their first steps writing code and don't know what a software architecture is have as much say in the daily workings of a project than the grey bearded guys with a couple of decades of experience under their belt.