I thought tablet, then I thought the post was about the way they were bending the tablet's screen with their thumb, then I finally realised it was paper. Holding a printout of a screen shot just didn't enter my mind.
this is why I quit graphic design. I was a freelancer for 14 years and finally got sick of it. Not only that, the pay is shit now too. Back in 2007 I got a job offer for $75/hr... granted that was in NYC... but now, you'll be lucky if you find anything for $30/hr, NYC or not.
Back in the day, even in this century, printing out code in good text formatting on plain paper's not a bad way to work with some problems; you can spread out many pages on a table instead of one screenful at a time, make planned edits in paper or pen, then do them. It doesn't suit half-assed "coding" by hitting code completion and "next" in a wizard, but some of us still remember how to program.
But then marketing hears about this and this meme is the best they can come up with.
I suspect it's like Nigerian scammers being blatant about how dumb their scam is, to weed out the smart targets. "simplilearn" is obviously not for people who read manuals, you know?
Oh. Part of my job is making complicated procedures and sometimes it helps to print them out and go over with a pen. Didn't realize that doesn't work for code. Now I know!
It wouldn't be such a bad idea if there weren't IDEs that would help you review your code more easily.
Think of a text document you would scan for typos. Sure it would help you to print it out and read it on paper. But finding them with words auto correction is much faster.
This kind of auto correction is also present in IDEs (integrated development environment / the program you use to do the actually coding). You can also jump from one part of your code to another part for a quick lookup or analyze it with its help.
So printing it out not only doesn't let you editing it it also slows down reviewing / debugging / refactoring it.
and apart from what the others said, if you'd decide to print the code for some reason, printing colored text on black background would be pretty wasteful way to do it
Likewise - it's only happened a few times in my life, but there have been moments in a 2k-line long SQL stored proc I inherited that I needed to print the thing off and user markers to try group code up and figure out what was happening (it was a monstrosity with no formatting or comments lol)
But yeah day to day, even year to year nobody is printing off their code to look at it - let alone only 20 lines of it lol
65 Comments
14th_cylon@lemm.ee · 122 pts · 3y
i think these two are working in the same company
suzyq@lemmy.world · 47 pts · 3y
Skin on your fingertips is overrated anyways /s
Pretzelise@aussie.zone · 32 pts · 3y
Third-degree burns build character!
jcg@halubilo.social · 13 pts · 3y
This is just an old trick for building up your calluses
BigBootyBoy@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 3y
DIY custom gloves
ParsnipWitch@feddit.de · 19 pts · 3y
Stock photo "ecologist"
14th_cylon@lemm.ee · 9 pts · 3y
poor tree, i hope it is doing well...
RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world · 107 pts · 3y
Boss gets paid a dollar, I get paid a dime, that's why I [printscreen and walk to the printer instead of copy/pasting code] on company time.
Thteven@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 3y
This is proper procedure when you're paid by the hour.
AusatKeyboardPremi@lemmy.world · 79 pts · 3y
I thought the person in the picture was reading code on a tablet device, and was wondering what is wrong with the picture. :D
Why is the code printed in dark mode!?!
ParsnipWitch@feddit.de · 23 pts · 3y
Perhaps it's an effort to save companies that sell printer cartridges
XTornado@lemmy.ml · 6 pts · 3y
Maybe they work for HP, it's their way to give back.
gredo@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 3y
The answer is simple: Marketing people doing marketing things
waldyrious@lemm.ee · 9 pts · 3y
And with a file browser sidebar 🤦
smeenz@lemmy.nz · 7 pts · 3y
I thought tablet, then I thought the post was about the way they were bending the tablet's screen with their thumb, then I finally realised it was paper. Holding a printout of a screen shot just didn't enter my mind.
rikudou@lemmings.world · 76 pts · 3y
You gotta love stock photos. My favourite is the one where the code is projected across the room and the developer's face.
MyNameIsIgglePiggle@sh.itjust.works · 9 pts · 3y
That's how you know you're about to enter the matrix
z3n0x@feddit.de · 9 pts · 3y
hackerman.jpg
qisope@lemmy.world · 66 pts · 3y
bestnerd@lemmy.world · 61 pts · 3y
Image of Musk reading code he asked to be printed
drew_belloc@programming.dev · 35 pts · 3y
This remind me of the "Print your most salient lines of code and bring to me"
Hextic@lemmy.world · 25 pts · 3y
Twitter employee?
snor10@lemm.ee · 24 pts · 3y
Screens hurt my eyes.
gridleaf@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 3y
An e-Ink monitor would be pretty cool. Maybe some day they'll be as fast as LCDs.
callmepk@lemmy.world · 21 pts · 3y
Damn, he is like
Elon Muskmy university lecturer who asks us to hand in homework with code printed outkale@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 3y
Not sure why you crossed that out. Didn't musk ask for paper copies of code?
Eylrid@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y
Yes, yes he did
vd1n@lemmy.ml · 21 pts · 3y
Me searching for a graphic design job...
"1. Knowledge and fluency of front end and backend we design is a must
Rootiest@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 3y
Any job listing that asks you to "cream social media posts" is a red flag
Eylrid@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y
Onlyfans content reviewer
Domille@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 3y
this is why I quit graphic design. I was a freelancer for 14 years and finally got sick of it. Not only that, the pay is shit now too. Back in 2007 I got a job offer for $75/hr... granted that was in NYC... but now, you'll be lucky if you find anything for $30/hr, NYC or not.
Ultra980@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 3y
Average front end dev
Shit@sh.itjust.works · 17 pts · 3y
Wait is this not how everyone reviews code?
variants@possumpat.io · 10 pts · 3y
Gotta write it up on a whiteboard so it's easier to edit
Shit@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 3y
Thanks for the tip! I'll suggest this up with my scrum master in our next half day daily meeting.
asphaltkooky@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 3y
mdhughes@lemmy.ml · 17 pts · 3y
Back in the day, even in this century, printing out code in good text formatting on plain paper's not a bad way to work with some problems; you can spread out many pages on a table instead of one screenful at a time, make planned edits in paper or pen, then do them. It doesn't suit half-assed "coding" by hitting code completion and "next" in a wizard, but some of us still remember how to program.
But then marketing hears about this and this meme is the best they can come up with.
I suspect it's like Nigerian scammers being blatant about how dumb their scam is, to weed out the smart targets. "simplilearn" is obviously not for people who read manuals, you know?
UnPassive@social.fossware.space · 15 pts · 3y
I'm confused... how do all of you handle your merge conflicts???
BlueKey@kbin.social · 16 pts · 3y
with scissors and glue
xuxebiko@kbin.social · 14 pts · 3y
somewhere some printer-ink making corporate is happy with that pic.
ArtVandelay@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 3y
And I thought I abused print statements
habanhero@lemmy.ca · 9 pts · 3y
Simple, she works at Twitter. Just preparing for a code review with Elon.
Aurenkin@sh.itjust.works · 7 pts · 3y
Sir, by my calculations we can save millions by having developers switching to a light theme before printing their code for review.
nnrx@lemmy.ca · 7 pts · 3y
yeah we're printing all TPS reports in dark mode before they go out.
...did you see the memo about this?
PeterPoopshit@lemmy.ml · 6 pts · 3y
The 1 trick Big Screen doesn't want you to know. Instead of buying multiple monitors, just print out the window before minimizing it.
julianh@lemm.ee · 6 pts · 3y
Actual image of a python dev trying to write to the console with javascript.
odium@programming.dev · 1 pts · 3y
Flask to react migration is hard
cadekat@pawb.social · 5 pts · 3y
rauls4@lemm.ee · 5 pts · 3y
How else are you going to do code review?
XTornado@lemmy.ml · 4 pts · 3y
Wait, I am the only one who does PR reviews on paper as God intended?
Aesthesiaphilia@kbin.social · 3 pts · 3y
Hello, I'm here from all, could someone please explain the joke to me?
torafugu@kbin.social · 10 pts · 3y
You can't edit code easily if it's on a piece of paper. It is also stupidity.
Aesthesiaphilia@kbin.social · 3 pts · 3y
Oh. Part of my job is making complicated procedures and sometimes it helps to print them out and go over with a pen. Didn't realize that doesn't work for code. Now I know!
Downcount@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 3y
It wouldn't be such a bad idea if there weren't IDEs that would help you review your code more easily.
Think of a text document you would scan for typos. Sure it would help you to print it out and read it on paper. But finding them with words auto correction is much faster.
This kind of auto correction is also present in IDEs (integrated development environment / the program you use to do the actually coding). You can also jump from one part of your code to another part for a quick lookup or analyze it with its help.
So printing it out not only doesn't let you editing it it also slows down reviewing / debugging / refactoring it.
14th_cylon@lemm.ee · 5 pts · 3y
and apart from what the others said, if you'd decide to print the code for some reason, printing colored text on black background would be pretty wasteful way to do it
poo@kbin.social · 3 pts · 3y
Likewise - it's only happened a few times in my life, but there have been moments in a 2k-line long SQL stored proc I inherited that I needed to print the thing off and user markers to try group code up and figure out what was happening (it was a monstrosity with no formatting or comments lol)
But yeah day to day, even year to year nobody is printing off their code to look at it - let alone only 20 lines of it lol
Kushia@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 3y
It does work for code.. just not like this.
planish@sh.itjust.works · 7 pts · 3y
It's not just that they've printed the code. I've printed code.
It's that they've printed a screenshot of the editor.
Ds4zkMjT@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y
DavidP@toast.ooo · 2 pts · 3y
Back when I started my software career (2001) we did paper code review printouts in Araxis Merge. We also didn't have source control back then.
MaxElFantasma@mujico.org · 2 pts · 3y
hahahahaha, this got me
LeylaaLovee@lemmy.fmhy.ml · 1 pts · 3y
Tfw all the coding you know is from PLTW classes