Thing is, as someone probably a generation apart, at least, I don't disagree. We all work within a context of abstractions, and in any given generation, poking

Thing is, as someone probably a generation apart, at least, I don't disagree. We all work within a context of abstractions, and in any given generation, poking and prodding at those abstractions and trying to understand what happens below it is immensely valuable and instructive. For one generation, below it might mean pen and pencil, and for the other it might mean looking into what jQuery actually does. Let's not forget that 'pen and pencil' was once upon a time an abstraction inaccessible to many too!