No. That's the narrow definition of a code monkey who gets told what to do. The good ones wear multiple hats and actually define the problem, learns sufficien

No. That's the narrow definition of a code monkey who gets told what to do. The good ones wear multiple hats and actually define the problem, learns sufficiently about a domain to interact with it or the experts on said domain and figures out what are the short Vs long term tradeoffs to focus on the value and not just the technical aspect.