I certainly do believe that some developers are artists, see for example the IOCCC, and more who are or would like to be artisans, but by and large our colleagues' hearts are closed to the Muses.
Idk, I tend to look at this towards learned helplessness. There sure are the intelligent opportunists trying to ride the hype tides around tech, but we can't really say much when the environment don't foster creativity. How many brilliant devs are out there rotting away at meaningless jobs because they have debt?