> I regret to say it, but it's true: most of today's programming consists of regurgitating the same things in slightly different forms. High levels of reasoning

> I regret to say it, but it's true: most of today's programming consists of regurgitating the same things in slightly different forms. High levels of reasoning are not required. But that's basically what engineering (, and medicine, and law, and all sorts of professions out there,) has always been about. Engineers build railways and bridges based on the same proven principles in slightly different forms, adapting to the specific needs of each project. Their job is not to come up with groundbreaking inventions every day.