A better resume is built with SQL Server EE than it is with linked-across-the-LAN Access tables. It's also a better solution, but takes far longer to implement. [True story from nearly three decades ago.]
A selfless engineer doesn't care if Perl gets the job done quickly but doesn't look as good to prospective employers. A selfish person weighs their design decisions with more personal factors, no matter how they affect the entire project.
Still, making functional art that is also beautiful is its own hindrance, so we, too, are not without fault. Unless that artistic process is necessary, but who's to say? Aye, there we walk the razor's edge, my friend.