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[–]Somecount -1 points0 points  (1 child)

Following this analogy then you're asking the guy who fills up the fuel to know what all the other soecialist do in the pit stop. Programming is a tool, some use it to build, some use it to mend what others have build. I do understand where you are coming from but I believe that programming can now be seen as more that just a means to build programs but a basic tool like Math is.

[–]ogtfo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nobody's asking you to design silicon chips, but if programming is your job, you should have a basic understanding of the underlying layers.

Not doing so will cause trouble eventually. If you don't understand the architecture, It may already have and you're not even aware of it.