[DanielBMarkham]

Yep. I think we easily confuse "programming" as being the technical details of mastering and remembering thousands of little details. We find comfort in that. When in fact "programming" is making computers solve problems for people. The computer part and the people part of that equation are equally important. And if you talk about "being part of a programming team" then you're adding in all the social issues of working with other people to solve technical problems.

We love looking at the minutia, but that's simply because we've been indoctrinated to think of the technical part as being the "important" part. These are all equally important. If anything, the technical part is less important than the other parts (ducks). Been a lot of teams full of below-average coders that have done some incredible things. Intellect does not equal impact. Not even close.