Mythology and Software Developers

Laurent Bossavit in The Making of Myths:

We could have constructed a different myth, one in which the canonical image of a programmer depicted the activity "talking to a person who's going to use the software, to figure out what their needs are and how best to support them."

Yes, that would be much better. I pledge to avoid playing broken telephone with those that really need the software I build, and I encourage my peers to do the same.