Developers have a reputation for being whiny and entitled. I'd argue that this is simple economics. The people who openly criticize management are the people who are not afraid of losing their jobs.
That is, those who can easily find another job are more vocally critical. If the market for devs was dry, and BA's and PM's were in high demand, suddenly the devs would be quiet and fearful, and BA's would be more apt to call out something as "broken".
Simple supply and demand.
See "The Dead Sea Effect",
…what happens is that the more talented and effective IT engineers are the ones most likely to leave — to evaporate, if you will. They are the ones least likely to put up with the frequent stupidities and workplace problems that plague large organizations; they are also the ones most likely to have other opportunities that they can readily move to.
What tends to remain behind is the ‘residue’ — the least talented and effective IT engineers. They tend to be grateful they have a job and make fewer demands on management; even if they find the workplace unpleasant, they are the least likely to be able to find a job elsewhere. They tend to entrench themselves, becoming maintenance experts on critical systems, assuming responsibilities that no one else wants so that the organization can’t afford to let them go.
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