A data engineer's "hammer" may be SQL but the data engineer's JOB is gluing all that SQL together into a process that works efficiently and reliably. You need

A data engineer's "hammer" may be SQL but the data engineer's JOB is gluing all that SQL together into a process that works efficiently and reliably. You need to know how those other tools work together, whether it's DBT or Airflow or ... or ... I do agree with ignoring "influencers" they are almost always trying to tie you into their stack or product and don't necessarily have your best interests at heart.