Software Development... Why do we make is so complicated?

Software Development...

Why do we make our jobs so complicated?
We are typically responsible for just a few things:

1. Store data
2. Retrieve data
3. Show that data on a screen
4. Edit that data (and store it again)

Any of us (seasoned developers, pick a technology stack) can do these steps in a handful of technologies in a few minutes.

Tune back in for more on this...