There are two types of work: idea work and execution work.
Idea work is everything that goes into creating something new: dreaming up new things, figuring out how you’re going to make them, and going out and creating.
Execution work is everything that goes into supporting those things once they’re live: ordering products, inputting data, closing the books, maintenance.
and under capitalism, idea work is overvalued (and often harnessed for mundane/nefarious goals) while execution work is underpaid and heavily surveilled