There's far too much "slap it together" code dragging down both the user's experience and our collective reputation.
I have absolutely ZERO experience with slap-it-together code coming frompeople who think programming is an art form.
All, and I repeat my n=1 anecdote at the top of my voice, ALL, of the shit code I have seen was written by people who viewed programming as a profession, namely something to be done for money using processes that valued delivery over quality.
Which is not to say that other programmers who view themselves as professionals have not written terrific code. But I vigorously dispute the notion that there is a correlation between slap-it-together fecality and someone's self-images as an artist.
I have absolutely ZERO experience with slap-it-together code coming frompeople who think programming is an art form.
All, and I repeat my n=1 anecdote at the top of my voice, ALL, of the shit code I have seen was written by people who viewed programming as a profession, namely something to be done for money using processes that valued delivery over quality.
Which is not to say that other programmers who view themselves as professionals have not written terrific code. But I vigorously dispute the notion that there is a correlation between slap-it-together fecality and someone's self-images as an artist.