As long as software is a cost center to your company, it will be treated this way. Trying getting a job at a company where software is a core concern. Ideally with a CEO that is not from a marketing/business background.
- https://www.kalzumeus.com/2011/10/28/dont-call-yourself-a-pr...
- https://www.kalzumeus.com/2014/04/09/what-heartbleed-can-tea...
Spoken as someone who has never taken the time to fully master a programming language and, from the sound of it, has never worked with someone who has either. The difference between someone who has spent 6-12 months with a language compared someone who has spent 6-12 years is night and day. From the general tone of the article, he obviously focuses more on the business value than on the technical side and that is a pretty good approach for making money. But I'll take Peter Norvig's advice (http://norvig.com/21-days.html) over this guys when it comes to mastering a language.
To be fair most of the content of those articles is pretty decent though and it is just a pet peeve of mine when people claim that mastery of your medium doesn't matter.
If you are working with an apprentice, whatever you do, it will seem like you are really experienced.
The senior members of his team had a culture of eighty hour work weeks. Draw what conclusions you may.