"CTO I've worked with said that developers are like "machines working in a factory" that they shouldn't think above their level and should just do the same thin

"CTO I've worked with said that developers are like "machines working in a factory" that they shouldn't think above their level and should just do the same thing over and over." Now ask the same CTO (or, hell, most HN users) what they think of tech support, or QA, or tech writers. Developers are like gods in the pecking order compared to these other professions.