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The truth is that you can be a successful computer software developer and not need to know much at all about how computers work. Or even how things like compilers work.

Some of us never even studied in a CS program - gasp!

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It’s all layers of abstraction, right? While it’s good to have a basic understanding of how the whole stack works, it’s also a feature and a goal of those building the lower levels to enable others to operate at higher levels independent of that knowledge.

Taking this away from software for a second, I know a hell of a lot of people skilled in their professions that have no idea exactly how their cars work but they drive them just fine.

i also never studied CS but find it quite odd they didn't even stumble across them in 15 years

I've stumbled across and used them, but it never occurred to me to actually check what NAND stood for.

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