> learning stuff I would probably never have any use for. I hear this so much, and I used to be one of the people saying it. Until I actually 1) learned that s

> learning stuff I would probably never have any use for. I hear this so much, and I used to be one of the people saying it. Until I actually 1) learned that stuff and 2) realized I don't want to just write glue code. I like writing compilers. I like writing efficient data structures. I use my CS education a lot.