Schopenhauer touches on this in his distinction between genius and talent: talent is the ability to hit a target others cannot hit; genius is the ability to hit

Schopenhauer touches on this in his distinction between genius and talent: talent is the ability to hit a target others cannot hit; genius is the ability to hit a target others cannot see. Whether or not we want to elevate them to the category of genius, there are clearly programmers in many organizations who fall into the latter category relative to their peers in the organization.