I don't think you're a bad programmer for not using trees. I have used trees maybe once in my 6+ years of experience.
It's all about knowing what structures to use and which ones to not use. For most programmers I think Maps and Lists/Sets/Arrays give them all of the flexibility they need.
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I don't think you're a bad programmer for not using trees. I have used trees maybe once in my 6+ years of experience.
It's all about knowing what structures to use and which ones to not use. For most programmers I think Maps and Lists/Sets/Arrays give them all of the flexibility they need.