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		yw3410 on Jan 7, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: What I’ve Learned in 45 Years in the Software Indu... I think your points are good. Another point I would add is abstraction is a tool for managing complexity, not a tool for reducing knowledge. You will have issues in that library/network/function/language. Learn to be comfortable peeling away the abstraction when you need to.

mcguire on Jan 7, 2021 [–]

That is very true, and is the reason I was trying to find for lower-level, machine architecture and OS fundamentals.

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