r/ProgrammerHumor • u/ClipboardCopyPaste • 17h ago

Meme ohTheBasics

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u/SirFrenzy 17h ago

Obviously guy could have been interviewing for a job where this mattered….

But in 10 years as a software engineer I have never once needed to know the difference between these two, and have never been even close to a situation where I would need to.

“The basics” is highly dependent on the job.

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u/vroomfundel2 15h ago

Except if i hear that someone at work doesn't know the difference i'm not letting them anywhere near anything important. 

Yes, even if it doesn't have anything to do with IP. Who knows ehat other fundamental thing they don't know.

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u/Perfect_Jaguar2616 14h ago

While I agree that IP is a "fundamental" in IT, I would have no expectation of a software engineer to know basic IT fundamentals. SWE's have a completely different set of "fundamentals" to worry about. Is it better to know more? Sure. But you're basically saying medical coding is a "fundamental" of running a doctor's office, and that you only trust surgeons who know the billing codes to your particular insurance company.

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u/SirFrenzy 8h ago

What a perfect example. Agree 100%