It's about respect for the role of the programmer (Score 1)

We're all leveraged when we can build on the good ideas and good code of others. The danger, in some organizations, is when they believe they can hire low-skill or non-programmers to put the pre-designed components together. As an old-timer, I've watched software development over the years, and there is a continual tendancy of enterprise managers to conceptualize programmers as low-cost, commodity labor. One company reorganized their development group out of existence, conceiving of this work to be done by vendors and rare consultants. The result is that they are frequently in a state of chrisis from their systems failing and from having nobody on staff with the skill to diagnose or fix them. Managers need to know that they need highly skilled developers, and they need to pay them what they are worth. These people can intelligently build on the work of others in a way that works for the unique problems of their business.