> I'm advocating for people having enough experience and foresight to understand which 20% of the code flow is Architecture from which is just feature factory work and making sure that 20% gets 80% of the design thinking and timely preventative maintenance.

This is true until you're at a company that is a feature factory and nearly exclusively hires out of universities and struggles to work industry hires into their culture. And these tend to make up a glut of the companies a rung or two below the FAANGs/MANGO.