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Precisely, I've worked at a couple of places where software developers were treated like assembly line workers who convert tickets into code, and on one occasio

Precisely, I've worked at a couple of places where software developers were treated like assembly line workers who convert tickets into code, and on one occasion I was even told that it wasn't my job to ask questions designed to improve my big-picture understanding of the problem, use-cases, etc. I feel like the "programmers only care about code" trope is perpetuated by people who aren't good at sharing knowledge, or who lack intimate understanding of their customers' needs themselves and have to resort to pointing fingers. Some programmers are like that, certainly, but if most developers one comes across are like that then one might have to look inwards.

Izkata 2y ago
Tangent: There's a Star Trek clip I wish I could find online so I'd have it on-hand to show non-technical people. It's from the 90s, in an episode of Deep Space Nine. Worf (in Security) is having trouble dealing with Engineering, and O'Brien gives him some advice, something along the lines of "Engineers like to solve problems. Instead of telling them what to do, tell them what you need and let them figure it out.". Then later when he tries it out, they come up with a solution he wouldn't have thought of.