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[–] red_tomato@lemmy.world 78 points 7 months ago (4 children)

Why should I want simplicity? I want to make unnecessarily complex programs to gatekeep those pesky junior programmers.

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[–] Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca 45 points 7 months ago (3 children)

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[–] CameronDev@programming.dev 13 points 7 months ago (2 children)

That's how you get that job security...

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[–] fascicle@leminal.space 4 points 7 months ago

I think what they meant is that making it complex gets you job security

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[–] Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca 3 points 7 months ago

That'sthejoke.jpg

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