[jacquesm]

Not everybody got into programming on the soft side. But I agree with you that on average most programmers would not know what that is.

[TeMPOraL]

Especially today, now that most programmers aren't hobbyists who found a job matching their skills but people who explicitly learned to code because there's shitloads of money in the industry.

[asimilator]

I think you can be a professional programmer because it's your passion and still not know what a MOSFET is. Computing is a large subject.

[TeMPOraL]

Of course. My point is, people who started as geeks are statistically much more likely to know basic EE than people who explicitly chose to learn programming as a career.

[rnovak]

hashtag NotAllProgrammers? But I agree, the most fun I had in a job was working on embedded controllers and FPGA's.