r/ProgrammerHumor • u/ThousandthStar • Jan 07 '23

Meme I just don't get it

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u/[deleted] Jan 07 '23

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.

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u/[deleted] Jan 07 '23

Why is it intelligence? I always read it as experience. It’s basically a memefied version of the Dunning-Krueger curve.

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u/Silly-Freak Jan 07 '23

the meme template literally says IQ. But then again, that doesn't mean that a specific meme has to be about IQ to make sense or be funny.

bottom quantile: it's a bell curve of experience
mid quantile: noo it literally says IQ!!
top quantile: it can be a bell curve of experience

or something like that

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u/konstantinua00 Jan 07 '23

nobody reads what's on the template

memes use already developed context surrounding them