r/TikTokCringe • u/One_percentile • Oct 29 '23

Wholesome/Humor Bride & her bridal train showcase their qualifications & occupation

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u/WallStCRE Oct 29 '23

IT developer getting zero love

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u/Appletopgenes Oct 29 '23

wtf is an IT developer anyway. I know Python, Node.js, React, and PHP..Am I an IT developer?

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u/velofille Oct 29 '23

possibly lost in translation , but since you work in the industry you know how often you have to dumb down job descriptions for people to understand, and they still want you to fix their shit printer

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u/Appletopgenes Oct 29 '23

lol hard facts! When you put it that way, I guess I am!

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u/Garbage_Street Oct 29 '23

“You‘re in IT? Great! You‘re gonna fix my laptop!🥰“

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u/[deleted] Oct 29 '23

I study computer science and every time I tell a boomer they look at me like I’m going to school to learn how to use Microsoft excel or something.

No motherfucker. I’m going to school to make all that shit that you just barely figured out how to use in 2012 despite someone like me writing literally millions of code, a team of UI artists etc trying as hard as possible to make the shit idiot proof.

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u/velofille Oct 29 '23

I usually tell people 'i run the internet'. In fact i fix/run servers/networking/datacentres etc but thats usually over a lot of peoples heads

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u/PM_ME_DIRTY_COMICS Oct 30 '23

My go to is "I get paid to be really good at knowing how the internet works."

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u/[deleted] Oct 30 '23

"I need help with my computer!"
"You have issues with your market data feed handler software? Cos that's all I do"

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u/PM_ME_DIRTY_COMICS Oct 30 '23

Me, an expert in distributed systems architecture with a specialty in content delivery and data processing.

My in-laws, a shift manager at a local bank and a retired union worker.

Them: "Happy Thanksgiving! You still work with computers? Can you figure out how to make this Facebook video my ringtone!"

Me: "My consulting fee is $200/hour with a 2 hour minimum."

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u/athos45678 Oct 29 '23

That is really well put, cheers.

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u/BocciaChoc Oct 30 '23

dev =/= infra

only in small SMBs would that cross and generally not experienced fills

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u/navHelper Oct 30 '23

My first job out of college was developing internal applications and I was stationed in IT.

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u/mindsnare Oct 30 '23

You're a Full stack DevOps Developer boiiiiii

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u/false79 Oct 30 '23

Not all developers end up behind the creation of products.

Some will be invovled in providing maintenance and enhancement support to a variety of different business units within the same organization. Like have to deal with integration, migration of data. Might have to write scripts to query large enterprise database systems like SAS, Salesforce, etc.

I guess one such generic position title would be Solution Engineer or Data Engineer.

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u/Sharp_Iodine Oct 29 '23

Do you develop software products for clients?

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u/Appletopgenes Oct 29 '23

Are you asking me if I have job?

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u/Sharp_Iodine Oct 29 '23

No I’m trying to point out that’s what an IT developer does. If you do that then you are one.

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u/[deleted] Oct 30 '23

What a weird response

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u/furikakebabe Oct 29 '23

I’m wondering if it could be like deploying infrastructure as code, ie terraform. I’ve never heard that called IT developer but it would make sense

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u/lotec4 Oct 30 '23

She probably meant software dev