The Bell Curve Of Programming Knowledge

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The Bell Curve Of Programming Knowledge

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The bell curve of C programming knowledge is brutal truth wrapped in a meme. On the far left, you've got the blissfully ignorant newbie who thinks "printf is magic!" On the far right, the battle-hardened veteran who's seen enough pointer arithmetic to know that simplicity is king. But that middle peak? That's where the insufferable "I watched Fireship's 100-second video so I'm basically Dennis Ritchie now" crowd lives. They've memorized just enough syntax to be dangerous but not enough to realize they're one segfault away from disaster. The duality of programming education in 2024: either spend years mastering the craft or watch a YouTube video and call it a day.

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