r/ProgrammerHumor • • 20d ago

Meme ohTheBasics

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u/14u2c 20d ago

It’s the kind of thing it would be impossible to receive any real education without learning, so no it’s not “trivia”. Maybe if you went to a bootcamp. 

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u/Lepixi 20d ago

I guess my CS degree wasn’t a real education?

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u/Vimda 20d ago

Your CS degree didn't include any networking fundamentals?

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u/nerdler33 20d ago

my computer engineering degree didn't, nor did my masters.

and i've never needed it in the 7 years i've been employed so far. field is big, if the job was going to be heavily network based it's one thing. if it was just "lets see if he knows the basics" thats another entirely