Is everyone frothing to themselves at their desks, muttering that they could do better on their own and should quit to start their own business?
Programmers have some of the biggest egos I've ever seen out of any profession. We give Wall Street bankers a run for their money when it comes to how self-absorbed and how self-aggrandizing we are.
So very sick and tired of coders belittling the role of everyone else in this society - 95% of coders out there wouldn't even remotely be able to cut it on their own without the umbilical of a stable, sizable employer. There are a lot more skills one needs to survive in their own business than simply the ability to implement software.
I switched to software development in my 30s, after a career in PR and marketing. Talented software developers ARE some of the most impressive professionals I've ever met. And frankly, many many many marketeer and PR people deserve the ridicule. Heck, maybe even 95% :)
I the case of one talented developer, I was tempted to ask them the following question but held back: What makes you think you could do this kind of work at a high level as an entrepreneur when you are struggling doing it for someone else?