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by logarhythmic 1230 days ago
Of course it's not strictly necessary to learn the various levels of abstractions in computing. But some people just do it out of curiosity and wanting to know how things work from the ground up. These people typically tend to be smarter and better, but it's true that not everyone needs to do this to have a good career and make lots of money.
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> But some people just do it out of curiosity and wanting to know how things work from the ground up.

And that is perfectly fine.

Some people also get a kick out of learning Esperanto or Klingon, but that doesn't mean those are critical subject areas that you need to to excel in any professional domain.