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What's exactly wrong with reworking old things? I find that it is your kind of thinking is what leads to bad software, bad reinventions of the wheel and security issues.

People in our industry need to know how to make the fundamentals from almost-scratch. In electronic engineering I learned how to bias transistors and build RC-filters. Heck, in chemistry class we even learned how diodes and resistors are made. When I studied music I learned scales, chords and rhythm... why should I, if I could just download some WAV loop off the internet, or sample some old song?

I don't see why software has to be special. Haven't we commoditised the profession enough?