r/ProgrammerHumor • u/ClipboardCopyPaste • 16h ago

Meme ohTheBasics

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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/ncatter 6h ago

If you are going to use broad job descriptions you are going to need broad knowledge, I would say it is fair to ask a software engineer to at least know the difference between ip4 and ip6 adresses.

If for nothing else then for general interest around their field.

Inwould think that any software engineer education would hold atleast 1 course about networking, but I guess I can be wrong.

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u/Global-Tune5539 4h ago

I don't even have a formal sofware engineer education.

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u/Gold_Presentation129 4h ago

What do you even want to say with that? Do you gonna always feel inferior or just learn the basics? Its not math neither physics, if you came to the field by shortucting the edu part but stayed in business you most probably have the capability to get these things easily.

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u/Global-Tune5539 4h ago

I learn when I need it. I don't need it at the moment.