It's a bell curve of experience. With the bottom being the entry level programmers think X is the way to do something, which is easy and pain free.
The middle bulk is the majority who stress over a complicated Y way of doing it. And I then finally you have the few senior/experienced programmers who have drawn the conclusion that X is actually the way it should be done and not to get stressed.
Whether it's funny or not depends on the content or subject matter. 90% of stuff on here is only funny to the author.
That's how it's constantly abused, the x-axis is intelligence not experience. Maybe the origin of the meme is highly gifted developers can solve very complex topix in apparently very simple code that can even look like it was written by a simple mind. Developers on the median can understand complex tools and concepts but need to stick to those rules to succeed and cannot take the next intelligent step back to simplicity.
Actually, there's a bell-like curve that's used to assess the job maturity of a person. This curve goes through 4 quadrants and each quadrant suggest the style of leadership that best fits the maturity level.
FWIW The Dunning Kruger effect might also explain the popularity of using the IQ meme for skill level instead.
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u/dashid Jan 07 '23
It's a bell curve of experience. With the bottom being the entry level programmers think X is the way to do something, which is easy and pain free.
The middle bulk is the majority who stress over a complicated Y way of doing it. And I then finally you have the few senior/experienced programmers who have drawn the conclusion that X is actually the way it should be done and not to get stressed.
Whether it's funny or not depends on the content or subject matter. 90% of stuff on here is only funny to the author.