[jayd16]

Is that navel gazing? Is a carpenter talking about making a table in 2022 navel gazing? Maybe not the sexiest topic but I'm not sure that's the term I would use.

[snovv_crash]

Software engineering isn't equivalent to carpentry, it is equivalent to CAD. So you can ask if designing new tables in Solidworks is a waste of time. And to this, I'd say the answer is not so clear-cut.

[afarrell]

I would say it is sometimes a good use of time to build a date-picker as a learning exercise

[ratww]

Designing tables in Solidworks is a great idea if you're trying to learn CAD.