The deeper problem here is the perverse incentive system built into the way our economy works. As just one example: Ideally a person creating great code would

The deeper problem here is the perverse incentive system built into the way our economy works. As just one example: Ideally a person creating great code would benefit from it over the longer term, he wouldn't just put his heart and soul into something that gets handed over to someone who doesn't really appreciate it. And under that approach, he wouldn't stop working just because his assigned task was finished, he'd work on other things, since those too would reap him benefits.