It's real work, I think you misread the intent on the comment you replied to. While the work is real, it's not on the same scale of complexity and expertise as

It's real work, I think you misread the intent on the comment you replied to. While the work is real, it's not on the same scale of complexity and expertise as reverse engineering. an analogy: The school nurse putting a band-aid on your knee is "real" medical work, but that same nurse has no place in spinal surgery operating room. The school nurse is every "certified ethical hacker" and "certified cybersecurity expert". The spinal surgeon is the reverse engineer. We need nurses, but we also need spinal surgeons more. Every spinal surgeon can practice as a school nurse, but (perhaps) 0.1% of school nurses can practice as a spinal surgeon.