[pydry]

CRUD is looked down upon because it's time consuming and repetitive when you do it with poorly designed tools and because it's the most common role.

I think it's mostly a class thing though. Test automation is similarly looked down upon even though it is often much harder to do right than regular coding.

There is a definite pecking order when it comes to programmer roles and it's not necessarily related to difficulty (although it correlates very strongly with pay).