Maybe, maybe not. I think that in any case the &#x27;stuff&#x27; (Algorithms, Databases, Operating System Internals, etc) they teach in college is intrinsically interesting. (Or perhaps not.) In any case it is also extraordinarily useful when you&#x27;re doing something new and can&#x27;t rely on the work of other people who already knew it. The thing is, the more time you spend learning &#x27;junk food&#x27; topics like frameworks and API&#x27;s the faster you&#x27;re going to have to walk the treadmill to stay relevant. The more theory you know the slower you go out of date.<p>Read more textbooks and fewer blog posts.