> "wow, this is so unoptimized, I'll stick to coding in assembly for my career since nobody will ever use compilers for serious work" I’m sure somebody said th

> "wow, this is so unoptimized, I'll stick to coding in assembly for my career since nobody will ever use compilers for serious work" I’m sure somebody said that, but I don’t think it was a common sentiment. Rather, people said that there were still some cases that required some assembly programming. And it is true. It’s just a niche. One they gets smaller over time. If you are a generalist it makes sense to retrain. If you are a specialist, there’s some level of socialization where you can get away with continuing to program assembly.