I could be unique as a techie where I have never came across a tech person who said that - "I won't take orders from him". Is that a real story or fabled one?

I could be unique as a techie where I have never came across a tech person who said that - "I won't take orders from him". Is that a real story or fabled one? Likely the story which is supposed to set tone for rest of the article is entirely put forward as figure of speech. Any programmer in right mind can't deny role of a business person in the team. Heck - me & my co-founder are hard core techies and we are often exasperated dealing with clients (not that we hate it), government taxes and all sort of taxes/regulations our company has to file. We do wish, if someone can make all that pain go away! We even for a moment never underestimate things a dedicated business person could do but like everything else finding right one is hard work.