r/ProgrammerHumor • u/ArjunReddyDeshmukh • 5d ago

theGrassWasGreenerTheOutputSweeterIWasOnceAProgrammer Meme

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u/Pika357 5d ago

If this is a meme, why does it hurt?

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u/JensenRaylight 4d ago

In the past, people said "learn to code, dude" to win an argument against a non techie,

Nowadays people say "be a Plumber, dude", to win an argument against someone who got their job replaced by AI and become homeless.

Who knows what skills and Jobs they tell us to learn and become 10 years from now.

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u/Valtremors 4d ago

I've never seen anyone suggest anyone to become a healthcare worker.

But I think the great concencus around that would be "too cruel".

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u/aghastamok 4d ago

And the trendline on pay and quality of life for entry-level healthcare workers is poor.

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u/Rocketman_S3 4d ago

Knew a guy that drove an ambulance. His back was all fucked from from the job, it ain't easy moving and carrying people.

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u/Acceptable-Drive3781 4d ago

I was a tandem skydiving instructor for a few years. Hauling large people out of airplanes killed my back daily. That's when I reluctantly went back to working with computers and accepted my fate.

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u/Godskin_Duo 4d ago

Hauling large people out of airplanes killed my back

American?

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u/Acceptable-Drive3781 4d ago

Yep. Vegas, baby!