New ask Hacker News story: Ask HN: Are “theoretical” concepts being lost by new engineers?

Ask HN: Are “theoretical” concepts being lost by new engineers?
22 by santiagobasulto | 28 comments on Hacker News.
I've dealt with a lot of developers in the past ~4 years and I've noticed a lot of them didn't have the "basic" theoretical concepts that I considered widespread and universal about Software Engineering and Computer Science. For example, engineers putting a lot of logic in their unit tests, or choosing the wrong data structures, etc. Maybe it's because of the advent of self taught engineers? Or maybe these concepts are just "too boring"? I'd like to know if I'm biased or not. EDIT: I'm not implying this is a "bad thing". Just trying to assess if it's a reality or it's just me. And I'm very supportive of self taught engineers! I think it's great that people can build their own careers by themselves. We might just need to adjust our field a bit based on how it evolves.