Forty years ago, I was on my way to college to get a computer engineering degree. I had already been programming in 6502 assembly language and was frustrated that I didn’t understand the hardware side of things as much as I understood the software side of things. Best decision I made. It allowed me to view computation as something more abstract. The barrier between hardware and software processing is artificial and can be moved one way or the other. What is CPU microcode, for instance, hardware or software? It’s really low level software that is typically burned into a ROM but is also sometimes downloaded. Even if you decide to stay with software as your primary day to day job, you’ll be comfortable talking to engineers on the other side of the line and that will help inform your understanding of what’s possible, how much it will cost to design and ship it, how long it will take, and how it will perform.