This article is very on point and every team benefits tremendously from people who do just spend the time and sleigh the monsters.

In a bigger team, a big second reason why these kinds of very uncomfortable tasks aren't done is that they also often don't produce immediate business value. You then have double resistance: the PO wants features from you and grinding is boring.

The people who first get to a position where they can spend the time and then do spend the time (instead of doing the even more fun tasks), are worth their weight in gold.