Yep, we'd go back and forth on this topic all day I think.
And yes, just as, "spoken as a true developer" I can see the reverse in your reply.
But you go right on and set up the network there big iron. Once you are done, then the real work begins (which is usually what pays the bills year after year and long after the big iron men do their little thing).
But that makes no sense. I work in an industry that primarily revolves around storage / archival / uptime critical servers. Developers rarely if ever cross my path. My day to day stuff is trending, predictive, and proactive action on failure. You claim that developers make the money. Last time I checked without us grunts there wouldn't be any money to make.