I know you are being rhetorical but to those that don&#x27;t know it&#x27;s because surgeons have a proper profession that protects surgeons from management&#x2F;lobbyists&#x2F;politicians etc bossing them around.<p>Software developers don&#x27;t have such protection and any mention of such a thing will get you blackballed within the industry by employers and ostracized by peers as most have bought in to the narrative that cooperating is bad for the individual.<p>However, my SO is a physician and they spend A LOT of time on skill mastery beyond med school and residency, however, their keeper is their profession, not their employer which is a major difference.