Skill gap Memes

The grass is always greener, isn't it? Network engineers diving into programming get a magical unicorn wonderland experience. Meanwhile, programmers trying to learn networking find themselves in a literal dumpster fire. After 15 years in tech, I can confirm both are true. Network engineers think variables and functions are delightful toys compared to troubleshooting why a packet decided to take a vacation somewhere between routers. And programmers who venture into networking suddenly discover that "unreachable host" could mean 47 different things, none of which make any logical sense. The real truth? We're all suffering. Just in different colorful hells.