> The lack of respect [widget makers] have for their craft confounds me every day, to the point that I wonder if anyone in [factories] actually [makes widgets] because they enjoy it, instead of making money.

before someone cries false analogy they should realise that widget is literally a technical term in SWE for a GUI component.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphical_widget

If someone is doing something as a job... then surely they are, by definition, doing it for money? Otherwise, if they were doing it for fun, as a hobby, then we would call them hobbyists?

I won't cry false analogy but I just have no clue what point you're trying to make.

Are you saying widget makers are sloppy in their craft and only in it for their money?