Entire alphabet carved into mechanical pencil lead

How do know they aren't? Also, their skill doesn't obligate them to work in a profession. Their joy at doing this is also important, and we all enjoyed looking at it.

I'm not discount their talents in the least. I'm just saying they have an incredible talent that people like surgeons would cut off their own foot for.

"Time you enjoyed wasting was not wasted time"

If a surgeon really would go cut off his foot for that skill, I'd suggest he isn't the one to cut is foot off.