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Re:Hello world: Shining a light onto the culture of computer... by gnode on Wednesday April 10, 2019 @09:42AM (#19624509)
You could make a similar meaningless argument about electronic engineers. Most just solder together ICs, and the IC designers mostly glue together IP blocks. They pay utility companies to provide electricity.

To work at a lower level doesn't mean you're a more advanced engineer, in some ways it means the opposite; working at a higher level usually requires some understanding of what's below.

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Re:Hello world: Shining a light onto the culture of computer... by notacoward on Wednesday April 10, 2019 @11:03AM (#19625383)
> working at a higher level usually requires some understanding of what's below.

Maybe what's immediately below. I fervently wish that "higher level" developers did have some slight clue about what happens when they make a call to lower layers, especially wrt storage since that's what I work on, but I've learned not to rely on them having any such knowledge.

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