Exactly. IMO you're a 100x better developer when you at least tried to create something you use from scratch. I find however this will become harder and harder

Exactly. IMO you're a 100x better developer when you at least tried to create something you use from scratch. I find however this will become harder and harder with newbies being constantly bombarded online with messages stating that creating anything from scratch is a futile exercise, together with companies influencing college curriculums.