What computer engineering concept felt useless at first but became surprisingly important later?
There have been a few topics I learned that initially felt overly theoretical or too specific to ever matter outside of class. At the time, I focused on understanding them just well enough to move on.
Later, while working on projects or learning more advanced topics, I started running into those same concepts again and realized they were much more important than I originally thought.
Looking back, some of the things I underestimated ended up providing the foundation for understanding much bigger ideas.
What computer engineering concept did you originally dismiss, only to realize later that it was actually extremely useful?
u/Honest-Morning917 — 3 days ago