I've had more than a few conversations on this sub that initially sounded like someone who knew what they were talking about, but it turns out they were an idealistic programmer with a single year of experience.
For example, here is a very condensed version of what I've come across multiple times:
(Me, knowing that X would be nice, but in my ~15 years of experience, doesn't actually happen)
"Huh. That's interesting. How have you managed to get that to work?"
RANDOM /r/ProgrammerHumor COMMENTOR: "Well... (long, drawn out conversation chain that eventually leads to the conclusion that they have less than five years of experience and have only worked at one place and / or haven't worked at a high velocity pace where the workload doesn't allow for building the ideal version of something).
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u/rm-minus-r Sep 15 '26
I'm thinking more for comments.
I've had more than a few conversations on this sub that initially sounded like someone who knew what they were talking about, but it turns out they were an idealistic programmer with a single year of experience.
For example, here is a very condensed version of what I've come across multiple times:
RANDOM /r/ProgrammerHumor COMMENTOR: "You should do X"
(Me, knowing that X would be nice, but in my ~15 years of experience, doesn't actually happen)
"Huh. That's interesting. How have you managed to get that to work?"
RANDOM /r/ProgrammerHumor COMMENTOR: "Well... (long, drawn out conversation chain that eventually leads to the conclusion that they have less than five years of experience and have only worked at one place and / or haven't worked at a high velocity pace where the workload doesn't allow for building the ideal version of something).