You sound jaded. What was it that first brought you into the industry all those years ago? For me, it's my passion for what we do. I love learning new technologies, writing code while hopefully improving the lives of others - even if it's in some small way like automating an otherwise boring task. Clean, reusable code is sexy. Spending my days designing systems or creating that hot new feature, it's like I get to play a game all day long and earn an honest living for it!

Sure there are some developers who see it as a "job" and thus care little about the quality of the code they write, or maybe they do care and they're still learning. Either way, is it worth the energy to hold such contempt and resentment for these people? Insist on peer reviews and uphold a higher standard. The ones who resist likely lack the desire to do improve and do better (and are therefore of little use to your organization), while those who do care would probably be grateful and inspired to improve.

Same with business people - many probably "like" technology but know little about it, yet in this digital age are forced to remain competitive and manage something they don't quite understand. Yes some are gold diggers, but they also pay your bills. Don't like the management? Then quit. There's plenty of opportunity out there. Heck, go work for a non-profit or start your own thing. Make a difference.

But then, there's the bigger picture of it all. I believe software (or rather, science & technology as a whole) has the potential to change the world. Just look how it has influenced and changed our lives so substantially every five years over the past three decades. Look how many jobs were created because of it. People are now more connected than ever before and have greater access to knowledge and information.