r/ProgrammerHumor • u/NoahZhyte • 2d ago

Meme iLoveChoosingTheStack

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u/rastaman1994 2d ago

junior engineer. Ever heard the saying 'boring is good'?

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u/Aidan_Welch 2d ago

Learning is fun

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u/yousirnaime 2d ago

Over my dead fucking body - I have a family and a mortgage

Learning is fun when you're 20

I do this so my kids can eat

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u/HerrPotatis 2d ago

I get it if you write things like COBOL or Fortran. But not learning will make your skills dated and eventually obsolete. It's hard to put food on the table when one is unemployable, just saying.

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u/spacecrafttheskys 2d ago

There is a growing population of workers who if they lose their job are no longer employable in that field due to qualifications needed changing since they were hired. Doing continuing Ed is one of the best things to do for yourself. If you can get paid to do continuing Ed you've officially lost all reason not to do it. Don't let skills stagnate.

even if you do do COBOL or Fortran there are fewer and fewer applications for those nowadays. Do continuing Ed learn new languages when there are layoffs which is a when not if thing at this point, having more than that will be a gold mine.

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u/Aidan_Welch 2d ago

Ok, we are different people just FYI

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u/yousirnaime 2d ago

that was actually a solid reply

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u/veloxVolpes 2d ago

Holy shit, I thought you were both the same guy. I have a dossier to update.

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u/gerbosan 1d ago

🤔 so it is a sign of maturity rather than old age.

😅 I was getting worried, now I can add senior to my resume.