The point is that good software engineers are good at doing the "hard part". So good that they have a backlog of "trivial" typing tasks. In a well functioning

The point is that good software engineers are good at doing the "hard part". So good that they have a backlog of "trivial" typing tasks. In a well functioning organization they would hand off the backlog of trivial parts to less experienced engineers, who might be herded by a manager. Now we don't need the less experienced engineers or the manager to herd them.