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I don't know how to design an IC either...

• zymhan 8y ago
  You do if you're programming in assembly. Developers need to understand how the layer underneath their code works. If you're writing Java, you should understand the JVM. If you're writing C, you should understand the compiler.
  • stronglikedan 8y ago
    One layer, maybe, but should you be able to deploy any type of web server on every OS if you're writing a web app? I'm not so sure.
    • zymhan 8y ago
      > One layer Yes, that's why I said "layer beneath" and not "layerS beneath"
      • stronglikedan 8y ago
        Correct, which is why I was agreeing with you, but questioning the premise of a couple comments above yours. I.e., how far up the infrastructure stack should have developer the expected to know intimately?