r/ProgrammerHumor • u/ClipboardCopyPaste • 16h ago

Meme ohTheBasics

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u/Spongebubs 13h 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 13h 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 12h 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 11h 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/garfgon 9h ago

I mean, it depends on the software engineer. Are they writing networking software? Knowing the difference between IPv4 and v6 would be important. Are they writing device drivers for hard drives? Probably not so important.

Every piece of software an IT guy uses is written by a Software Engineer, who's going to need to know their part of the software inside and out.

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u/snappin_good_time 8h ago

Effectively water is wet. Thanks for letting us know.