It may. There's certainly a positive to being able to work through some complex/theoretical problems. These skills won't help you much at all in practical ever

It may. There's certainly a positive to being able to work through some complex/theoretical problems. These skills won't help you much at all in practical every day development, but they would certainly help take your problem solving up a level from where ever it is. Though.. I would argue that time is probably better spent building practical knowledge/experience through project based learning.