And I pointed out that it the power and freedom is dangerous, and it is just like Spiderman.

With great power comes create responsibility.

On the other hand, no, on the complex involved projects. Any possibility of team programming removed the absolute freedom (a pointed out), and the level of capability VS project type can allow for occasionally perfect black box projects, at least for me. So the question is not how is is constructed internally, the question is how long can the system run, being driven by external table for how long, without me or someone of my skillset level ever touching it.

And those projects historically cost in the ranges I described, along with those cost differentials.

My screed isn't about crappy programmers doing damage (which happens, bad programmers will always be there, it is just a matter of dealing with them and working around them). It's trying to come up with an analogy of what I do if I'm questioned by an exec, and why is it different from what they had before.

And do it without telling him I'm a f'ing genius.