As others have indicated, you're presenting a false choice. Surely, "solving problems" and "getting..code out the door" are the same thing. Top developers are

As others have indicated, you're presenting a false choice. Surely, "solving problems" and "getting..code out the door" are the same thing. Top developers are identified as such because they are getting results, by which we mean "decent or better, properly working software". That's it. No conspiracy, just results.