It just sounds like they know the domain space better then you. You seem to know less about the domain of a poisson clock then them. Maybe because I'm also unf

It just sounds like they know the domain space better then you. You seem to know less about the domain of a poisson clock then them. Maybe because I'm also unfamiliar with it, I can't judge. But knowing the right set of algorithms to solve domain specific problem sounds language agnostic to me. That said, I agree that you should also continue to learn about CS, learn more data-structures, more algorithms, explore newer techniques and paradigms. That includes learning new languages, but not only that.