> It's definitely nice to have these skills but let's be real, you aren't going to use them on a daily basis. I mean, practice for the job you want. The major

> It's definitely nice to have these skills but let's be real, you aren't going to use them on a daily basis. I mean, practice for the job you want. The majority of software jobs don't need this stuff -- writing frontend code, writing some backend services, mobile.... the type of work where you a) aren't building the platforms / tools everything is based on b) don't need the best performance, just need it to work OK. But there are plenty of jobs that do need this stuff. Working on an OS, or database, or a product used by millions, or a large scale platform...