Credit Where it is Due

I keep a couple of subscriptions to architecture related magazines coming my way: Dwell, Architectural  Record, etc., and I like them,  I do, however, have a hard time actually reading them. It seems that I like to look at the pictures and move on with my life. Partly it's that I'm busy - perhaps also it's some problem with paying attention, I'm sure the factors are numerous (plug my disdain for architectural critics here). BUT, I think I found the big reason why I can't seem to stay interested in these things: and that is that the the people who receive credit for the featured work do not do the work.The fact is, folks who do the work are stashed away somewhere in the building where they are not seen. These people are paid very little and are treated poorly.
Being in the industry, I can say that very few architects actually know how to "draw." And I guess that's where I feel separated from the people posing in the magazines; it's like a fat person looking at a supermodel.