A long time ago I even wrote a post about how applied statisticians and people doing statistics in science are programmers and how we should accept that. It also had far and away the most unhinged conclusion I ever wrote (not screenshotted) statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2019/11/13/w...
Dan Simpson
Understanding how compilers work is a skill that will bear almost infinite fruit. An applied statistician (and particularly an applied Bayesian) is, among other things, a programmer and while not a 101 skill it is good professional development to understand how compilers and software work.
