[pw6hv]

If I was a hiring manager, I would certainly appreciate this attitude. However, I would value as well a person who would use an already made tool for doing the job (such as yt-dlp). Only problem is that the second type wouldn't write a blog post about it and get traction on HN :D

[petepete]

Yeah but you'd be mad to value them equally.

[hysan]

> However, I would value as well a person who would use an already made tool for doing the job (such as yt-dlp).

Agree, but I think this is the easier of the two skills to teach. So for a junior, I would hire the former if the company has the capacity to mentor them.