> Normally engineers search for tools to solve their problems. Somehow, when it comes to programming languages, software engineers start a search for problems f

> Normally engineers search for tools to solve their problems. Somehow, when it comes to programming languages, software engineers start a search for problems for their cute tools Most of the tools I now use to do my work (devops) I found just playing around with them out of curiosity. Yes, when doing work you should start with the problem and then search for the right tool, but it's a lot better to have wide arrays of tools in your belt than starting to tour the shops after the deadlines are set. I don't want to be condescending but I find it hard not to given the obvious catch-22 in your line of reasoning. Even more so as this trope is posted quite often.