That's because people don't get it. You see people saying things like "It's pointless to memorize these algorithms I'll never use" - you're not supposed to memo

That's because people don't get it. You see people saying things like "It's pointless to memorize these algorithms I'll never use" - you're not supposed to memorize the specific algorithms. You're supposed to study them and learn from them, understand what makes them faster than the others and then be able to apply that understanding to your own custom algorithms that you're writing every day.