In many job interviews, convention meetings, and other discussion, often the subject comes up
Do you see yourself as an Artisan or a Hacker?
My answer generally something like
I strive to be an Artisan, but I am willing to be a Hacker when necessary.
Indeed, I sense this may be a generational opinion, as early in my career, many of us saw ourselves as artisans, and we took pride in that. In more contemporary times, with Agile, Scrum, two-week Sprints, I feel that employers see us as Code Monkeys, simply cogs in that Agile Assembly Line.