This has been my experience as a dev, and it always confuses me when people say they prefer to work at a “higher level”. The minutiae are often just as importan

This has been my experience as a dev, and it always confuses me when people say they prefer to work at a “higher level”. The minutiae are often just as important as some of the higher level decisions. Not everything, but not an insignificant portion either. This applies to basic things like correctness, performance, and security - craft, style, and taste are not involved.