I would guess these pieces are usually written by people who sees one side of the story. In manufacturing, or maybe economy in general, states that there are 3

I would guess these pieces are usually written by people who sees one side of the story. In manufacturing, or maybe economy in general, states that there are 3 kinds of activity that create value, the idea, the manufacturer and the marketer. Of which the manufacturer has the lowest margin. My adaption of the smiling curve to software engineering is creation, maintenance and marketing. There are engineers out there who sees themselves as "idea compiler" ,which is totally fine imo. Not everyone needs to see the "big picture". But the maintenance and marketing aspect of any software project is not to be underestimated. And it is beneficial to not undermine things that one doesn't understand. You don't know what you don't know. Keeping an open mind helps you to reduce the realm of unknown.