>>the other is sad because you hardly use this low level stuff in todays software development world.
During my engineering days(Circa 2005) I programmed in 8085 and our professor would give us all kinds of crazy assignments and small projects. That was the first taste of any genuine programming challenge I faced in my life. Immediately post that, programming in C felt a little boring.
Recently I worked on a embedded systems project for which I relived these kind of days. I had to invent all kinds crazy tricks to work around with resource constraints.
Your true creativity skills are kindled when your resources are constrained in all manners. Time or other wise. Unfortunately you can't academically recreate the same experience.
During my engineering days(Circa 2005) I programmed in 8085 and our professor would give us all kinds of crazy assignments and small projects. That was the first taste of any genuine programming challenge I faced in my life. Immediately post that, programming in C felt a little boring.
Recently I worked on a embedded systems project for which I relived these kind of days. I had to invent all kinds crazy tricks to work around with resource constraints.
Your true creativity skills are kindled when your resources are constrained in all manners. Time or other wise. Unfortunately you can't academically recreate the same experience.