Exactly, the markets are clearing just fine with programmers being paid what they are, given the sort of leverage businesses are getting out of them. The same cannot be said for art, the supply is vastly outpacing the demand, especially in light of the power law nature of art and entertainment consumption.

But, to +1 the other poster, programmers can be just as deluded as anybody else about their own importance, we don't have to indulge that either.