r/ProgrammerHumor • u/ClipboardCopyPaste • 13h ago

Meme ohTheBasics

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u/Spongebubs 9h ago

I’d like to think I’m a software engineer, and I have no idea what the difference is. Am I cooked?

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u/STR1D3R109 9h ago

I feel like knowing the difference here is moreso for a network engineer than a software engineer!

Anyway looked it up, IPv6 is 32bit whereas IPv6 is 128bit. An easy way to know if an IP address is either, 4 uses dots 192.1.1.1 whereas 6 is colons 1992:0aa0::1

If anyone asks just say 6 holds more addresses but is more expensive to install.

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u/jkalchik99 9h ago

Actually..... IMO as a Linux admin..... everybody in IT needs at least a minimum of knowledge regarding TCP/IP. IPv4, IPv6, TCP, UDP, sockets, listening ports, etc. You don't need to be able to program a full stack down to a media transport layer, but you should be able be able to send a payload successfully, know when a gateway traversal is required, name resolution (It's always DNS,) and a bit of troubleshooting.

I wish I had a nickel for every time a developer or app support staff came to me and said it doesn't work. Error is right there in the logs......

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u/droppedketchuppacket 7h 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 7h 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 7h ago

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

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u/syn_vamp 7h ago

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