[yosefk]

It's hard to know if a patent holder or system architect actually did the work or just took credit for it. It's easy to check if someone can print out a binary tree. Certainly a "system thinker" who can't write the simplest code and assumes it's for "monkeys" to do it is worthless both as a programmer and in any higher-level capacity, whereas someone who can program might be able to do meaningful higher-level work.