We're not talking about the basics. We're talking about mastery. Many great musicians haven't mastered their instruments because many styles of music don't ask

We're not talking about the basics. We're talking about mastery. Many great musicians haven't mastered their instruments because many styles of music don't ask for it. So that analogy is arguing against your own point. Great a great golfer is more or less synonymous with being good at golf. A better analogy to text editing and programming would be a golf player being obsessed with caddies.