Finally, a post that validates the usefulness of my BS in electrical and computer engineering (despite being a JS guy now)! But seriously, I believe that hardwa

Finally, a post that validates the usefulness of my BS in electrical and computer engineering (despite being a JS guy now)! But seriously, I believe that hardware understanding is extremely useful for all sorts off tangential tasks related to modern programming. I've found that having intimate knowledge of how a computer works, especially around memory and disk access, helps me to understand how to solve problems from the standpoint of a rote-CPU rather than my high-level brain. It's also really useful for deciphering kernel-level errors.