I haven't ever had to worry about how hashing functions work beyond knowing a few of the basic qualities of a good hashing function. I guess most students were

I haven't ever had to worry about how hashing functions work beyond knowing a few of the basic qualities of a good hashing function. I guess most students were like me in that they don't worry about those details because even though you call them fundamental, I think most programmers get by perfectly fine without knowing how a hash tables works as long as they know how and when to use one.