In CS, when the need for a low-level, tedious task has been eliminated by better tools, everyone immediately stops doing it, but people keep *talking* about doing it for years. It becomes a totem skill.
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It starts with a few of the old guard using it for gate keeping ("if you don't do X, you don't *really* understand Y"), then it gets repeated by generation after generation of newcomers as a way to signal expertise ("real programmers do X").
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The only truism that I’ve found holds true is that “fundamental engineering principles remain, but real programmers mush keep learning and adapting”
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On the same reasoning, Google's old lign of conduct ("Don't be evil") will stay...
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It’s a “rite of passage”
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This is basically the entire premise of medical education.
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When I hear this sentiment, I go down the 'fundamental' path. I don’t need to reach QFT; typically even the most Real Programmers™, who use assembly, know little about electromagnetism (and got enlightened, or turned off, at that point).
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Much Truth in one tweet
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