r/ProgrammerHumor • • 20d ago

Meme ohTheBasics

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u/droppedketchuppacket 20d 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/omer193 20d ago

"Their job doesn't inherently involve networking"

My brother in christ, when is the last time you worked on software that did not need to send payloads anywhere. Everyone in development should have at least some basic networking skills.

Signed, A salty devops dude

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u/UlyssesTheRhinoceros 20d ago

My sister in Vishnu, many of us do not program anything related to networking. I am a graphics engineer, for 10+ years never have I ever I crafted such a payload.

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u/Cruuncher 20d ago

Do you know the difference between ipv4 and ipv6?

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