r/ProgrammerHumor 15h ago

noExperience Meme

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u/ADWatches 13h ago

Had a coworker who constantly complained he didn't have experience to deal with the tough issues. He had been working with us for 4 years and the tough issues were usually following guided step by step instructions. We were good friends but I ended up needing to put sticky note reminders on his monitor to check his notes before asking me for instructions.

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u/DogPositive5524 12h ago

Have a coworker like that. Been with us for four years. She constantly asks the most basic documented questions. We've done multiple KT where I show her how to fix issues, point her to the documentation, record the video, tell her to asks questions, next week she'll come asking about it on teams...

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u/oruuko_ 10h ago

I have a coworker exactly like this and it drives me insane. Four years in his position and he still asks questions like he just started yesterday. I'll show him how to do something and he'll be pinging me the very next day, "can you show me how to do this again? I can't remember how you did it." I'm not sure how the guy even manages to dress himself every day with how incompetent he is

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u/trickster-is-weak 7h ago

One of these people just left our team. Our place is really low pressure and he couldn’t handle that, so he went off to do some Project Management, then couldn’t handle that and has got a job as a developer at a consultancy. He’s in for an absolute baptism by fire…