I guess in order to buy into the analogy you first must accept the premise that being a craftsman and using PHP are mutually exclusive. I do not accept this premise. But maybe we can just agree to disagree on that.
That's part of what I meant by calling it an oversimplification: all of any developer pool are not going to fit some description.
Does the analogy apply to enough of the PHP developer pool to have value? My guess would be yes, but if your experience dictates otherwise, I have no problem with that assertion.
