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That sounds boring, I want to learn cool stuff like programming and circuit design.

• TillE 5y ago
  Yeah seriously. Becoming an expert user of software (without being able to dig into its guts) sounds miserable. Anyway, there are plenty of roles where you're not writing code day to day, but if you don't understand how to program a computer (eg, writing simple assembly for an 8-bit CPU) and how machine code is executed, you're missing a fundamental piece of how computers work from which everything else derives.
  • schwartzworld 5y ago
    > eg, writing simple assembly for an 8-bit CPU I don't think most of the professional software devs I know could do this, maybe not any.
    • bluefirebrand 5y ago
      Maybe not tomorrow, but I bet many of them could learn how in a relatively short period of time. At least enough to build an adder or something.