If it makes you feel better, my company employs a lot of engineers (not developers, more like electrical and mechanical engineers). We all do tons of analysis with our gargantuan database and write lots and lots of SQL. It too amazes us when we deal with other departments that are mostly Excel + Python + APIs. They write a lot of unecessary code where a separation between generic programming language and database would make things a lot more efficient IMO.
I will defend that a little. We are all, to an extent, victims of circumstances. All those Excel+Python+API hacks are result of individuals having to deliver results, but with limited tools at their disposal.
