code monkey

As a developer, if you understand the problem you're trying to solve, you’ll be capable of coming up with better code, and sometimes no code at all. You are not a Code Monkey paid to write characters on a screen. You're a professional paid to solve problems.

However, if you try to solve every problem with the technology without some thinking, you'll have trouble to understand what gives value to the customer and to come up with great ideas.

Your purpose and the purpose of the code you write is to generate value and make the existing world a better place.

source: The Problem You Solve Is More Important Than The Code You Write

Urban Dictionary:

Code Monkey

"A programmer who isn't actually involved in any aspect of conceptual or design work, but simply writes code to specifications given."

by Ian Maxwell July 04, 2004