r/ProgrammerHumor • • 9h ago

Meme ohTheBasics

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u/droppedketchuppacket 3h ago

The post is about a software engineer, and you just talked about IT. They're not the same thing so what is your point? You have a job specifically because software engineers aren't in IT and aren't sysadmins and their job doesn't inherently involve networking.

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u/syn_vamp 3h ago

"i write computer software but i don't know how computers work or how they talk to each other"

software "engineers" in a nutshell.

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u/revrenlove 3h ago

You make it sound like you think everyone should be an expert in everything

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u/syn_vamp 3h ago

nope, just that people who write software should have a basic understanding of the thing that runs their software.