Tbh I think it depends where you work. In 1999, if you worked at a Java shop making accounting software or whatever, it wasn't a talents/creative industry.

Same thing now days, but replace Java/accounting with React/CRUD. The rockstar code ninja 10x mentality of 2009 is maybe gone for good, but I see more crazy coders doing rockstar level stuff now than ever before. Asahi Linus and alyssa rosenzweig being great examples from the Asahi project, but these people are all over.

People talk about the complexity of the infrastructure making it impossible to do everything yourself, but in my experience is exactly the opposite. The degree of abstration, automation, and high-level tools means that you kinda can do everything without knowing too much.