wow, this was insightful!
All of the above..
I LOVE coding. It is one of the few things that provide an intellectual challenge and a sense of accomplishment for me.
currently:
MCSD (C# and VB.net), MCAD, MCDBA (SQL 2000, 2005), A+, N+ - a few other MS ones 2003 admin, xp admin, a few extras in architecture and AD. Just started some Websphere App Server stuff (Java and DB2 on Linux), only a lowly websphere admin so far, but working on Commerce and Commerce developer expert.
Where I work now is awesome sometimes...Genetics analytics, massive datasets of hundreds of table with rather complicated abstract joins (being migrated to a cleaner architecture soon), multiple projects in different frameworks and languages and little paperwork. We actually have a trainer (for end users) and he does almost all the documentation for us. If we give him an outline he will detail it up and make it "Pretty". I am also the link from the HW and SW teams because I am likely the only one who speaks both, although I am weaker on the hardware side than the dev side of things.
Don't really like the third party dev stuff, but it does pose some unique challenges and takes me back to my early software cracking, RE and injection days.
I think the relation of dev to PV user is fairly obvious: Switching from cigs to a safer alternative is a smart choice. Briliant devs like this group would see little to no reason not to. And who among us doesn't always look for the "Bigger, Better, faster...." all day long?