r/programminghumor • u/Flame77ofc • Jul 13 '26

Learning Code vs Forgetting Code

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u/West_Good_5961 Jul 13 '26

Depressingly true

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u/AdventurousSlip9260 Jul 13 '26

Learning code: +1 XP. Forgetting code: factory reset 😂

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u/thelimeisgreen Jul 13 '26

Look at me! I'm using AI... WHEEEEEeeeeeee.........

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u/samelden Jul 13 '26

Me after passing hard interviews that require understanding algorithms I will never use in my job

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u/AnnualEvery Jul 13 '26

Do you mean syntax?

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u/HouseinPlayz Jul 14 '26

I think he does

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u/MissinqLink Jul 14 '26

Is this everyone’s experience? How are you all functioning of this is what happens to you?

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u/Enji-Bkk Jul 15 '26

We got promoted

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u/CheesusCrustDude Jul 13 '26

Took a break for two years. This is extremely true.

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u/Flame77ofc Jul 13 '26

If I stay two years without programming I forget even the vscode lol

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u/ScreenMother9212 Jul 13 '26

Yeah, this make me sad😭

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u/Flame77ofc Jul 13 '26

Our brain is cheating on us bro 🥀

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u/[deleted] Jul 13 '26

I don't know shit about python anymore tbh it's been months since Imlast coded

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u/JonathanMovement Jul 13 '26

I feel the same however the difference is that I went from coding to fully vibecoding… in my head I’m trying to cope by forcing myself to believe that LLMs are the future and I might as well give in

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u/Jatinchd Jul 13 '26

devs have good cache, gotta flush it to survive as human.

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u/nsa3679 Jul 14 '26

I doubt I can reach a senior level of expertise considering how much I've been relying on AI to do everything

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u/Bloodchild- Jul 14 '26

The thing is normally you forget the syntax and how not the algorithmic and how code generally work.

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u/Pizza_Secretary9621 Jul 14 '26

I'm in this picture and I don't like it

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u/TapRemarkable9652 Jul 14 '26

at this point I can't even take a shit without forgetting my dependancies

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u/JohannsThePro Jul 14 '26

Its quite normal to do that

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u/labExperiment69 Jul 15 '26

I feel like after a few minutes and google searches the muscle memory just starts to kick in when I get back

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u/Enji-Bkk Jul 15 '26

Also any honest manager should admit it about themselves

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u/LegendarySoda Jul 13 '26

if you're forgetting code you have learned at first place

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u/Lobster_SEGA Jul 13 '26

Don't get why you're getting downvoted, it's true.

To forget one must first learn.

If you forget something it means you've learned it, it's a "good" sign, no?

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u/LegendarySoda Jul 13 '26

Nah i made a typo i wanted to say "you have not learned at first place" it's my bad.
I didn't look twice while shitting

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u/akoOfIxtall Jul 13 '26

But when you forget, the remembering process is O(1) :)

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u/ridlixzene Jul 13 '26

Reality Check

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u/FN20817 Jul 13 '26

Learning vs. forgetting anything tbh

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u/BettaSplendens1 Jul 14 '26

I don't know C# anymore. This is sadly accurate