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Thats like being proud of not using google or stackoverflow and only reading manuals, or using notepad instead of an IDE (or editor with language server support).

A 10$ GitHub Copilot or 20$ ChatGPT/Claude subscription get you a long way.

And if the employer isn't willing to spend this little money to improve their workers productivity they're pretty dumb.

There are valid concerns like privacy and oss licences. But lack of value or gain in productivity isn't one of them.