Business too. You do not have to be a good strategist to “succeed” as a VP in a medium or larger sized organization. In fact, you can be downright terrible.
I am slowly starting to get the idea behind medival guilds..
I've been thinking that this is one of the key differences between software and bridges. When you design a bridge, very few people have a "right" to an opinion on the bolt sizing. But when you design an order entry system, the business users (and users of the downstream data) have a valid right to an opinion.
This feels like if one would ask a electrician to use wires without insulation because they like them better — you can totally have your taste, but some stuff is just plain stupid and won't work as intended.
Graphics e.g. is about communicating certain things, and a graphic designers job is to be aware of what this communication does and how effective it does it. And so just like with a bridge (but arguably less dangerous) there can be design that does the job and design that does the polar oposite of what your customer intended.