It can be a more difficult transition to go from high to low than from low to high. Not impossible, but frustrating and confusing. But also - not to stereotype

It can be a more difficult transition to go from high to low than from low to high. Not impossible, but frustrating and confusing. But also - not to stereotype too hard - but low-level people often have that crusty-old-sailor syndrome where they've been doing things the hard way since before these youngun's even first saw code, and if they can manage their own memory for performance then god-dangit everyone else should have to too.