This has been my experience as well. The “programmers as technicians” mentality is pervasive.

When Yahoo bought Viaweb, they asked me what I wanted to do. I had never liked the business side very much, and said that I just wanted to hack. When I got to Yahoo, I found that what hacking meant to them was implementing software, not designing it. Programmers were seen as technicians who translated the visions (if that is the word) of product managers into code.

Paul Graham, Hackers and Painters

paulgraham.com/hp.html