> The point is that 3-5 years of analysis might be an overkill
Rarely have I met an engineer and said, wow that guy knows TOO much about math. What do you think they should substitute?
But the amount of time available is fundamentally limited and it has to be balanced.
E.g., in my personal circumstances probability theory, statistics, deeper proof understanding would all be useful. I had all of these at varying depths.
But it's only analysis that we were getting for years and years and years...
And I see why and how this is such an important subject historically. It's just not that big anymore relative to other things.