On: Are you one of the 10% of programmers who can writ...

[queensnake]

I hate to break it to you but you'll fail interviews at the better companies with that attitude(1). No matter much support your work methods give you, you have to be able to hold and work with a few moving parts in your head at once, correctly.

(1) Don't ask me how I know :)

[hammerdr → queensnake]

In my experience, this isn't true.

In fact, my 'attitude' of approaching work like a craftsman has served me very well in job interviews (even landing me opportunities at pie-in-the-sky type of jobs).