This is not a fair comparision imo. There is an assumption that salary is corellated with experience/knowledge/being useful. Fairer comparision would be judging Ferrari mechanic for not knowing how to change oil
My hobby (speedcubing) is like that as well. If you ask any semi competent speedcuber you will hear something along the lines of "Get the newest RS3M (9$) and maybe some lube (4$)". I love it for that.
(Of course it s all a foot-in-the-door scam to get you hooked so you buy other events but shhh)
Bro, both Ketchup and S&V are worse than salted. They taste so bad they actively lower the quality compared to no flavouring at all