As a CRUD developer myself (who actually has written frameworks in multiple languages I might add) I find your tone somewhat elitist. I am personally bored to

As a CRUD developer myself (who actually has written frameworks in multiple languages I might add) I find your tone somewhat elitist. I am personally bored to tears delving into algorithms, but I'm perfectly capable of writing them. Though I'm no expert I have dabbled in simple things like sorts and search algorithms. I simply don't enjoy it. I like solving other types of problems. I have great appreciation for people who are improving the tools that I use. People who write virtual machines and compilers and parsers impress me. I am glad they are interested in the work down in the lower layers, though I have no desire to join them. I think it's unfair to lump everybody together, there is a lot of gray area. People like myself learn skills as necessary for our work as well as personal interest. Not because of mental deficiency.