I think that, at the very least, there's a huge benefit in having a bit of understanding one abstraction down from everything you interact with. Knowing what an

I think that, at the very least, there's a huge benefit in having a bit of understanding one abstraction down from everything you interact with. Knowing what an abstraction is abstracting, and why, goes a long way in coexisting with that abstraction. A low-level programmer doesn't need to actually build motherboards from scratch, but they'd probably benefit a lot from a bit of understanding about processor caches, registers, and bus latencies.