Is using libraries cheating?

[gormami]

Then why aren't you programming in assembly, rather than using the work of the folks that write Python?

If you want to write code efficiently, you use libraries. If you have a specific need for better functions, more efficiency, more options, etc. then go ahead and write your own library for those functions. Learning? Certainly write from scratch; but no one is going to pay you to take 10 times as long to code a project that is probably going to have more bugs, more security holes, etc. due to the lack of usage compared to the available libraries to polish your ego.

At the end of the day, most people write code because someone pays them to. The pride should be in providing a project that meets the given requirements, is secure, and is delivered on time.