> Specialisation is OK, but ignoring the general knowledge of how computing works, and then going on to write software used in people's critical systems is irre

> Specialisation is OK, but ignoring the general knowledge of how computing works, and then going on to write software used in people's critical systems is irresponsible If the knowledge is not relevant or applicable to what you are working on, what is the problem? Knowing that things exist is more important than in-depth knowledge of those things.