The dev tools are used in those degrees just as tools to achieve something else. I remember taking a compiler course (as in, we got to write optimising compilers as an assignment) with people who didn't have a good grasp on how to really use those tools in detail. You were just expected to pick it up on the way. It was treated as a basic skill.

> The best programmers have a deep understanding of how computer software works.

That's a value judgement that is not reflected in the market, fwiw.