I'm a little tired of endless lists of things I should or must know. There have been tons of them created and has only added to the confusion. It only increases my burden but doesn't really contribute to my bottom line. It would be different if salary scaled more directly with what I know.

Considering we can't figure out the minimum knowledge required to be employed, I don't trust we have a good idea of what "every programmer should know" either.

This "every programmer should know" meme has simply become lazy, useless, and harmful and prevented the book from choosing a good title.