If I use a multimeter am I an electrician? What about if I install a recipticle?

If I use a stove am I a chef? What about a mixing bowl?

If I put a bandaid on a wound or perform CPR am I a doctor?

If I use a hammer am I a carpeter? What about a nail gun or a saw?

If I setup proxmox am I an “IT guy”?

If I train a model with pandas am I a datascientist?

If I use quicken am I an accountant? What if I file a 1040?

If I use an IDE am I a coder?

If I use an LLM am I a developer?

Tools are great and have helped mankind since the beginning of mankind. But, a tool is just a tool. Knowledge and general usage of a tool does not make you proficient, and certainly does not make you an expert. Keep using tools for what they are built and designed for, but keep your egos in check.

Expertise comes from deliberate practice, deep understanding, and continuous learning. Use the gadgets as extensions of yourself, don’t let them become the source.