The role of the 501 Developer is something that we should be striving to automate or abstract away. I think that the craft of solving real world problems with

The role of the 501 Developer is something that we should be striving to automate or abstract away. I think that the craft of solving real world problems with computers has reached a plateau, through lack of the right tools, programming languages, methodologies, sociological systems, etc. That 501 Developers are needed to intermediate between the technology and the solution stakeholders or customers seems like an indicator of stagnation or inefficiency in the current approach to software development.