Me too. And in danger of being "found out", I don't think I've ever wanted to be a "ninja coder" or someone who dives deep into solving hard problems. I like computing, and I like programming a lot, but the thing that I really enjoy about it is (as you said) building something that makes me feel smart, or accomplished.
Incidentally, I feel like this is why I gave up on running OpenWRT on my routers, or FreeNAS on my NAS, and why I don't end up sticking with Linux on my personal computers. I enjoy computing, but it's not my hobby. My hobbies are things that I do with my computer.