I feel the same way! I took a few formal CS courses in college, but my major was Film. I went to a bootcamp that mostly focused on practical web development.
While I concur that many CS topics are not used directly in the day-to-day, and developers don't need a CS degree to succeed, fundamental concepts and "under the hood" knowledge gives you a better understanding of programming and, in turn, lends to being a better developer. There are a lot of things (like GC!) in modern programming that are taken for granted. On one hand I don't think it's necessary to re-invent the wheel, but it certainly doesn't hurt to know how to! :)
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I feel the same way! I took a few formal CS courses in college, but my major was Film. I went to a bootcamp that mostly focused on practical web development.
While I concur that many CS topics are not used directly in the day-to-day, and developers don't need a CS degree to succeed, fundamental concepts and "under the hood" knowledge gives you a better understanding of programming and, in turn, lends to being a better developer. There are a lot of things (like GC!) in modern programming that are taken for granted. On one hand I don't think it's necessary to re-invent the wheel, but it certainly doesn't hurt to know how to! :)