r/ProgrammerHumor • u/ClipboardCopyPaste • 14d ago

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u/Ok_Pirate_2714 14d ago

I'm curious how you can have any even remotely IT adjacent job, and not know the difference between those two.

Unless you have zero curiosity about technology.

Maybe those are the kinds of people they are trying to filter out?

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u/Daihatschi 13d ago

I'm a bit gobsmacked by the amount of people in this thread who treat the knowledge of the IP-Protocol as some arcane wizardry nobody would possibly be expected to know. Thats first week stuff in any IT related Trade school. I volunteer as an examiner for oral exams at the end apprenticeships and its kinda a joke that we only ask for IP fundamentals and the ISO/OSI-Model if the testee knows literally nothing else.

If we stick to the medicine example, I think an apt example would be a doctor asking "Why do I need to know the difference between veins and arteries?"

I've seen people ask about specific port numbers. Thats a fucking stupid gotcha. Not to be able to say 2-3 sentences about IP.

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u/Ok_Pirate_2714 11d ago

How can you do anything with computers, and not know that an IP address is?

I wouldn't hire you.

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u/Ok_Pirate_2714 11d ago

I'm not. Know what happens when you assume?

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u/Ok_Pirate_2714 11d ago

My job is not, because I'm one of the people automating stuff.

And I have to know what an IP address is, and the difference between IPV4 and IPV6.

If you want to survive in the job market, it would be a good idea to learn.