I disagree. Would you fly with a pilot who never learned the basics of lift and drag? Lift and drag are applicable to every flight. Bit twiddling is not r

I disagree. Would you fly with a pilot who never learned the basics of lift and drag? Lift and drag are applicable to every flight. Bit twiddling is not relevant to every software development effort. But we call people professionals who build software with no understanding of computing fundamentals? Broadly speaking, I'd actually agree with you here! Solid fundamentals are good and vital and a lot of developers don't have them. I just don't think bit-twiddling is one of the particular software development fundamentals I'd deem necessary.