The biggest advantage is an abstract one; it's usually a good idea to have some idea of different ways to solve a problem even if you're going to be mostly (or

The biggest advantage is an abstract one; it's usually a good idea to have some idea of different ways to solve a problem even if you're going to be mostly (or even exclusively) focused on one particular way. "Narrowness of experience leads to narrowness of imagination" and that kind of stuff. For example years ago I started runit in a container to run multiple processes (multiple containers was a bit tricky for operational reasons) and some people were surprised: "oh wait, you can do that?" Who knows if my experience with jails contributed to this "idea" (if you can even call it that), but it probably didn't hurt.