Comment by intelVISA

Pretty much, it's not about grinding out assembly line CRUD work but vision. Domas is another good example if you ever watch his Black Hat presentations on x86 backdoors he's able to approach topics that are not just technically challenging but in a manner that simply would not be attainable for many.

The irony is most companies doing routine CRUD/simple business apps probably shouldn't hire such people as it's a waste and likely causes bad outcomes and perpetuates the stereotype.