Principled individuals may reject the notion of software heroes outright because the very concept can be taken as antithetical to the abstract notion of equality. But it's important to distinguish between equality as a civil right – everyone deserves equal treatment under the law – and equality as an assertion that everyone is the same.
How is this even on the table? Don't forget arithmetic equality - we don't mean that one either.
And other principled individuals will say that some people are more valuable to a project than others. That's one of the reasons why we compensate them differently.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
