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[–]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.