@jplebreton though, idk, I don't necessarily think it's "usefulness to capital" that makes a skill highly-regarded. I get othered and shamed and coveted for taking pride in programming as a craft (instead of just following orders uncritically) all the time, to everybody's detriment. Like I think skill is still shamed in most contexts, but power can be framed dishonestly as a skill-in-and-of-itself (as you say, "good at business" is always nebulous).