At most all companies, there is a person or a group that for whatever reason just tend to look down their nose at others because of the their profession. It can be they are in sales, though not a good salesman even. But they will tell you how the company’s future rests on their shoulders.
A few jobs back I was dating a girl from the accounting department. Her boss would always be ranting how important he was because without him the company would not know how to mange it’s money.
Now that I’m a developer, there are a multitude of people I meet who are web designers. These guys (and gals) get me steamed sometimes. They just think they are all that. Here is a very funny cartoon expressing they way some of these designers come across.