I consider unjustly harming others to be bad, whether you're exploding a rocket or not. That's why I added this part:
> Beyond that, you'd be harming others by taking the job from someone who put in the work to actually be qualified, and harming your future coworkers by deceiving them.
You're arguing that the standards for medical device firmware should be the same for Pinterest which is honestly just a waste of and effort.
I can see both sides of this specific discussion but treating SW engineering generally as rocket science is lying to yourself ;)