> That's the everyday struggle; as developers we can produce so much wealth just by typing at a keyboard. Yet we let ourselves be controlled by people who don't know what's what and can't even prove their ideas have any return on investment.

That's the everyday misconception. Nobody produces wealth just by typing at a keyboard. Products don't design and sell themselves and it's arrogant to pretend that product people and salespeople aren't a huge part of the value creation process in tech.

There are of course developers who are capable of identifying a market opportunity, conceptualizing a product to exploit the opportunity, building the actual product and getting it into market successfully.

But if this is common, why are so many talented developers sitting at desks in open office spaces working 10-12 hours a day for low six figure salaries?