Arguably an engineering (hardware) or systems programming issue, too. How many IT people (even the highly competent ones) could design a router, wifi chip etc.?
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Zephyr@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
How the internet works would be more so an IT thing than a backend developer thing at least on a high level. Setting up a database doesn’t mean one knows networking well in the same way they probably don’t know cpu logic gate design well.
rumschlumpel@feddit.org 1 week ago
Zephyr@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
True and how many of those guys are well versed in fiber optics at IXPs. Maybe with like 20 dudes you could get an extremely in-depth snapshot of how the internet works from transistors to transformers and everything in-between.
Axolotl_cpp@feddit.it 1 week ago
Some developers that know both networking and developing will make those chips, the avarage developer will know about TCP/IP and DNS, at max
Gregers@lemmy.world 1 week ago
You don’t need to know all the details, but I think you should understand the basic network concepts way before starting your first job as a developer
Zephyr@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
At least TCP/IP, DNS, and similar things, yeah. Maybe not so much the intricate details of the wifi6 or Bluetooth protocols.