I’ve represented hundreds of developers in my time. In spite of their dubious public image, the vast majority of them are extremely decent, rule-following, pragmatic people who do their best to avoid conflict with the government and the community in order to protect their bottom line. They are some of the best people I know. It has been a pleasure and a privilege to work for them.
The caricature of a developer is something completely different: a middle-aged white man who wears flashy jewelry; drives expensive cars; boasts about his political connections (and uses them constantly); repeatedly makes unreasonable demands on his representatives and the government; and sues everyone in sight when he doesn’t get his way. I’ve known a few of those, too, although I’ve never actually worked for one.
Trump meets the caricature in every possible way. I never would have agreed to work for him, no matter how much money he offered me. I’m sure as hell not voting for him.