[lmarcos]

> I believe knowing their data-structures and algorithms is the difference between an okay programmer and a good one

For me, the difference between and okay programmer and a good one is: how much Linux/Unix they know (processes, core system calls, networking, sockets, awk/sed/bash). Whether you are writing apis for ecommerce platforms or writing custom k8s providers, Linux knowledge is a must. Knowing how to implement a trie? I bet most of us have never been in that situation.

[bonzini]

That depends on what kind of system you are developing. For example if you're writing APIs for e-commerce platforms you may need to know how to tune a container's CPU and memory limits but not the difference between cgroups v1 and v2.

Likewise, there are jobs where being able to reason on complexity and data structures is important.

[stavros]

We have developers writing APIs for e-commerce platforms that don't know a lick of Linux, thus proving it's possible to write code without knowing how to deploy it.

[Dudeman112]

But then how are you gonna have a one-person IT department if your developer doesn't know Linux?

[hardware2win]

Ecommerce? Linux? Wtf?