The person I was responding to said this: "to be gainfully employed". Implying that one wouldn't be gainfully employeed if they used these tools all the time.

The person I was responding to said this: "to be gainfully employed". Implying that one wouldn't be gainfully employeed if they used these tools all the time. That seems to be on its face completely untrue. It is arguably the opposite these that's, that you must use these tools else you aren't going to get these prestigious jobs.