I would say it is safe to say, developers, are the most valuable resource period. At least as far as human capital is concerned, and that is going to keep increasing and increasing until AI takes over.
I'm a developer who has gone into management.
Most of the software that is churned out just keeps the money flowing.
Garbage collectors, nurses, utility workers, teachers, parents.
All seem infinitely more valuable to humanity then anything developers do, unless you're advancing medical or bio-science.
Admittedly, due to demand and the ever increasing globalisation of systems software is exploding, so developers are in demand.
Most valuable type of person (I despise the word resource applied to people) I guess depends on your definition of what is valuable?
Largely, I think economics drives most systems, and the behaviour within those systems. It requires people to think and act beyond those boundaries for humanity to move forward.
If there were no developers, or no software, or no Internet, I wonder what humanity would look like right now.
Not that there isn't some benefits, but compare most of social media, advertising and many platforms to automation, industry and so on. Global logistics is big thing too improving quality of life massively, even if consumption might be somewhat negative for planet.
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