[chosenbreed]

> Many who consider themselves programmers produce solution space solutions that just don't get to the core of the problem space problems. This is a function of the simple fact that many programmers never have the opportunity to see what the problem space experts are doing or actually need. This is a real shortcoming in the education of programmers.

I can't argue with that. I would add that another factor is how the work is structured and presented to the programmers. In many places programmers largely disconnected from any users. The programmers are usually given a set of requirements by a third party who themselves derived it from someone other than a user/consumer. Thus, programmers may end producing lovely programs that don't actually address the needs of users/consumers.