> People who implement something very few people even considered or understood to be possible, which then gives amazing leverage to deliver working software in

> People who implement something very few people even considered or understood to be possible, which then gives amazing leverage to deliver working software in a fraction of the time. I agree with the first part of your statement, but what really happens to such people? In my experience (sample size greater than one), they receive some kudos, but remain underpaid, never promoted, and are given more work under tight deadlines. At least until some of them are laid off along with lower performers. But for those who say that hard things are impossible, they seem to get along just fine. They merely declare such things as out-of-scope or lie about their roadmap.