"You're being obtuse."
LOL - My original point was that people who are NOT being taught how to use the most common operating system in the world are being given a poor education.
EVERY profession, EVERY type of employment.
Somehow, you have decided to focus on that exceeding small percentage of engineers, ONLY engineers whose system happens too be based on UNIX, that MAY be called upon to effectivly rebuild or customize the tool they are using in their career, instead of calling upon engineers whose career and specialty IS programming UNIX boxes.
... but I'M the one being obtuse.... LOL
And UNIX is a very common OS in many engineering fields. It's also very common in CAD, 3D animation, mainframes and supercomputers (the last two of which Windows knowledge will be of no use).
instead of calling upon engineers whose career and specialty IS programming UNIX boxes.
And a lot of them gained that speciality because of having to rebuild and customize their tools. Like I gave Cliff Stoll as a prime, famous example, but your Microsoft-centered brain probably doesn't know who he is.