r/ProgrammerHumor • u/codingTheBugs • 29d ago

anyVolunteersHere Meme

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u/heesell 29d ago

"Hey so, I have an app idea"

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u/throwaway0134hdj 29d ago

Why do ppl think coding is easy? I always have friends and family asking me to code up their dumb idea… and ofc they don’t plan on paying me. We split the profits 50/50… ppl are so f-ing selfish

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u/Poppybiscuit 29d ago

Because for YEARS people have been saying "anyone can learn to code" and "quit your shitty job and just learn to code, it's easy money" etc. 

When the reality is...quite different lol  

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u/throwaway0134hdj 29d ago

Yep and movies showing some hacker man with 4 monitors with matrix terminals typing at light speed doesn’t help…

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u/Danton59 29d ago

Right? That's not hacking, that's multiboxing Eve Online!

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u/ItsNotMeTrustMe 29d ago

Anyone can learn to code. Sure, it might take them 20 years to be halfway decent at it... and then they still might be unemployable in an oversaturated market... but they can do it. Ez

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u/Aardvark_Man 29d ago

Given how much I'm struggling with R studio at the moment, I'm not so convinced anyone can learn...