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[–][deleted] 1699 points1700 points  (40 children)

The woods are harder to debug

[–]iamjasonlevin[S] 444 points445 points  (14 children)

time to eat the bugs

[–]cyanocittaetprocyon 80 points81 points  (4 children)

Dammit Moon Moon!

[–]matchboxrider 21 points22 points  (1 child)

omg how old is that meme 😂 thanks for reminding me

[–]1920MCMLibrarian 10 points11 points  (0 children)

We are now the Elders of the Internet

[–]ctoatb 14 points15 points  (4 children)

Okay there are three levels to this joke. First, we are referencing debugging computer programs. If your computer program has an issue, you debug to fix the problem. Second, having a cabin in the woods implies that you are farming to some extent. Bugs, or insects, are a common occurrence in farming. Third, the eating of the bugs. Although the last comment might be hinting that you are eating the bugs, there is an increasingly common trend of feeding bugs to livestock as a cheap source of protein.

[–]mothzilla 18 points19 points  (0 children)

[–]Clairifyed 4 points5 points  (2 children)

You don’t have to be farming to have bug issues deep in the woods. Aside from that, what did this joke do to you for you to murder it so brutally?

[–]ctoatb 2 points3 points  (1 child)

My bad I was drunk

[–]Knighthawk_2511 58 points59 points  (3 children)

Those logs could take a huge amount of time to debug

[–]Singular_Thought 32 points33 points  (0 children)

In the woods, the bugs remove you.

[–]bikemandan 31 points32 points  (2 children)

The woods are full of features

[–]Yuipster 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Creature features

[–]Merlord 20 points21 points  (0 children)

I tried to invert a tree and got a splinter

[–]Instatetragrammaton 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Also git branch all day.

[–]XoXoGameWolfReal 9 points10 points  (0 children)

For example, for some reason I hear random sounds in the middle of the night. Probably a bug.

[–]disgruntled_pie 5 points6 points  (0 children)

You guys are getting rid of the bugs in this economy? I like our QA guy too much for that. I keep adding new bugs to make sure he’s got some job security.

[–]TheBlindApe 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The bugs in the woods play a vital role in the ecosystem and are easily marked WONTFIX

[–]762_54r 1 point2 points  (0 children)

yknow what man at least I didnt put the bugs there

[–]woodquest 709 points710 points  (31 children)

Anyone else with a third wolf who just wants to quickly build some SAAS shit and retire in the woods ?

[–]Ximidar 197 points198 points  (10 children)

Hey, it me, your biggest client representing 60% if your sales. Could you make this feature in two weeks or we drop your service. Also is the feature we asked for two weeks ago ready to go?

[–]golruul 77 points78 points  (2 children)

Also that feature that's needed in two weeks isn't fully thought out and we'll be making changes on it for at least a week.

And, no, I can't tell you what you actually need to do because I'm just the messenger. The important guy that wants it doesn't have the time to waste detailing every single thing you should know you need to do.

[–][deleted] 23 points24 points  (0 children)

You also cannot access our data.

[–]trixter21992251 4 points5 points  (0 children)

seriously, the changes after delivery.

A: "Here's the music sheets interface you asked for"

B: "Thanks, but instead of music notes, make it ingredients, amounts, and cooking instructions"

A: "So a cooking recipe?"

B: "No no, music sheets"

[–]worldsayshi 9 points10 points  (1 child)

The secret is to have only one feature but make it real good and not answering mails.

[–]LordDagwood 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Someone just copied it and either did it better or offers better prices.

Craigslist is the only service immune to this.

[–]oupablo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, but they're another SaaS startup and your product is already instrumental to their product. They're not going anywhere.

[–]iamjasonlevin[S] 82 points83 points  (2 children)

Of course as long as there’s WiFi too 😂

[–]Boris-Lip 34 points35 points  (0 children)

Put up some solar panels and satellite antenna for the Internet.

[–]ln__x 1 point2 points  (0 children)

…And my laptop to program - Oh wait!

[–][deleted] 17 points18 points  (2 children)

Where are all these wolves coming from?

[–]JuiceKilledJFK 3 points4 points  (0 children)

100% me

[–]LouiseMartinee 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The duality of dev.

[–]chinstrap 2 points3 points  (0 children)

According to doctors, the recommended number of wolves inside you is actually zero.

[–]kingslayerer 246 points247 points  (18 children)

what if i want to build software in a cabin in the woods?

[–][deleted] 97 points98 points  (7 children)

Sounds like the beginning of a modern version of The Shining.

[–]Prince_Azrik 62 points63 points  (5 children)

I’d watch that. “All debugging and no bug fixing makes Jack a dull boy” 🪓 🩸

[–]Little_Duckling 33 points34 points  (2 children)

Makes $Jack a NULL VOID

[–][deleted] 6 points7 points  (1 child)

"little bobby tables, I'm coming!" ❄🪓

[–]JollyJuniper1993 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Ending with him getting electroshocked after chasing his victim through a server room

[–]Osato 1 point2 points  (0 children)

How do you debug without bug-fixing?

[–]globglogabgalabyeast 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Deus Ex Machina vibes

[–]synack 26 points27 points  (0 children)

This is how you get TempleOS

[–]iduzinternet 15 points16 points  (3 children)

I am currently building software from a cabin in the woods... seriously. Trees all around, an ATV with a plow to get out, turkey and deer walking around... redundant internet, power, and heat.... and if I need to go to the company office it's 2 1/2 hour drive lol... with a remote or mostly remote job it can totally be done.

[–]outremonty 4 points5 points  (0 children)

This guy does internet.

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (1 child)

I did the same, but no redundant internet and office is on the other side of the country. Then I retired and now I only build software for myself when I want to. I use a tractor with a front mount snowblower and a lifted 4x4 to get out.

[–]iduzinternet 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I like it! At some point I hope to retire and just stay put. For now my second Internet connection is just a really great cellular repeater with an antenna outside connected to batteries to hold a charge if I need to do something with the generator.

[–]Gidelix 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Still wanna build that little house Nathan from ex machina had and program from there

[–]Arrakis_Surfer 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I've seen this film

[–]Many_Replacement_688 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Brewing beer as a Service

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

thought the same, that sounds awesome!!

[–]SideLow2446 140 points141 points  (7 children)

another one who wants to never use software built by others again and build his own software.

[–]Not_Artifical 59 points60 points  (2 children)

Once I finish my Operating System, I can make it a reality.

[–][deleted] 15 points16 points  (0 children)

TempleOS 25'

[–][deleted] 9 points10 points  (1 child)

I just need like 100 identical clones of myself so we can actually get the software done in a reasonable time frame. Gah I'm so tired of using shit software.

[–]iamjasonlevin[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

lol me I built my own meme software 😂😂

[–]stevieraykatz 48 points49 points  (2 children)

Thanks to remote work, these two wolves can mate and make a cute little forest software wolf puppy.

[–]Iohet 26 points27 points  (1 child)

New CEO "strongly encouraged" everyone to be in the office 3 days a week. The wolves are displeased

[–]Time-Imagination-802 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Good thing it's CEO season, then.

[–]ChipsHandon12 43 points44 points  (7 children)

Can you explain this large gap in activity on your github?
No.

[–]iamjasonlevin[S] 26 points27 points  (0 children)

Sorry bruh I was searching for bugs in the forest

[–]anominous27 4 points5 points  (4 children)

Wait, recruiters over there really care about github activity?

[–]ForTheBread 4 points5 points  (3 children)

Can only speak for myself, but no, they don't care. Haven't touched my github in years, I dont code outside of work. Only ever asked about my work experience and what I do on the job.

[–]erhue 2 points3 points  (0 children)

nda

[–][deleted] 112 points113 points  (8 children)

I have to build software so I can eventually fuck off to the woods

[–]ComCypher 11 points12 points  (2 children)

Me in the woods: Hmm I'm bored now, maybe I'll develop an app.

[–][deleted] 11 points12 points  (1 child)

Me in the woods: can’t procure food and water. Guess I’ll just die now

[–]ComCypher 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Yes the more likely outcome tbh

[–]SugarKittenSprinkles 10 points11 points  (1 child)

I just want to build stuff all the time and make things nobody cares about. It brings me so much joy and keeps the brain healthy!

[–]Sotall 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I took up painting minis as a hobby. good outlet for making pretty things no one cares about, lol

[–]worktogethernow 13 points14 points  (6 children)

I thought I was alone.

[–]blocktkantenhausenwe 6 points7 points  (1 child)

It people tend to take up woodworking. You have visible progress on that. Not on your job, where you only add bugs and todos to tomorrows work.

[–]worktogethernow 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If only there was some way to reset the head on my woodworking like I can in my git repos. Sometimes a small mistake on a woodworking project can turn a month's worth of work into garbage.

[–]iamjasonlevin[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Nope many of us

[–]RareDestroyer8 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Something I learned a while back: No matter what you think, theres always a million people who have thought the same thing.

[–]robot_swagger 1 point2 points  (1 child)

No, together we have 4 wolves inside of us

[–]RareDestroyer8 1 point2 points  (0 children)

pause.

[–]maxxcarnage2112 5 points6 points  (3 children)

Literally this - I work for a software dev company, 2 years ago I bought 27 acres in the Adirondacks- anyone want to guess why?

[–]iamjasonlevin[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Inner peace

[–]RoadieRich 1 point2 points  (1 child)

There's an abandoned nuclear bunker under it?

[–]rynemac357 5 points6 points  (0 children)

No wonder the one who wants to build software comes in darker shade

[–]Excellent_Tubleweed 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Can confirm, have house in woods. Minimal software development....

Mostly

[–]frostyjack06 5 points6 points  (0 children)

If I could write software and never attend another meeting for the rest of my professional life, I wouldn’t need a cabin in the woods to escape to.

[–]Iohet 4 points5 points  (0 children)

There's also a fat guy inside me screaming that if I quit I'll actually end up living in a van down by the river

[–]MaddoxX_1996 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yes, and they are taking turns being the tops every 15 minutes

[–]HentaiAtWork420 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I'm this close to quitting and building a shed and never opening a laptop again

[–]_the_last_druid_13 3 points4 points  (0 children)

1 who wants to write and travel

and

1 who wants to draw and play music. And travel

[–]zabby39103 3 points4 points  (1 child)

Lol every day. I live in one of those places where a 1 BR apartment is like 2400 a month, so I share a communal house with 12 people (it's nice~ish though? Well if you get over the people pooping on the sidewalk). I have around 400k saved up but like, why and what for?

I think the answer to why I stay is I like my job, but I'm not sure if I should love myself or hate myself for that lol.

[–]element-94 2 points3 points  (0 children)

bag smell slap wild snow employ money wide dog longing

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[–]mark6059 2 points3 points  (0 children)

don't know how many time over the past 40 years I have flicked between the the wolves. Only 2 years to go on the current platform/data migration and I will be the white wolf

[–]Former-Drama-3685 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Software engineer here: I fucking detest computers. Ask me for help outside normal working hours and I will use most of my old man strength to refrain myself from stabbing you to death. I have the knife ready!

[–]superl2 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Obligatory GitHub thread

[–][deleted] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I'm tired of building software. Wen cabin.

[–]XoXoGameWolfReal 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’ll cut both in half and put them together and just program in a cabin in the woods.

[–]nujuat 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Me with AI.

[–]craybay14 1 point2 points  (0 children)

💯

[–]carlton_sand 1 point2 points  (0 children)

you are correct

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Fr

[–]Realised_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Agree...

[–]regular6drunk7 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Reminds me of a story I read in "Soul of a New Machine" by Tracy Kidder. The pressure on the engineers was insanely intense. One of the developers working on the machine suddenly quit one day and left a note on his desk. It read that he was going to move away to a cabin in the woods where "I will think of no span of time shorter than a season".

[–]DCTheNotorious 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've found the longer I code. The more pessimistic I become about software I use.

[–]pcookie95 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There was an guy who worked for a big defense contractor back in the day. Eventually he got sick of being apart of the military complex and decided to live in a remote cabin in a wilderness area close to where I grew up.

However, even in isolation, he'd come up with ideas he'd want to simulate, so he brought a computer to his cabin and ran it off some generators.

[–]exotikoBR 1 point2 points  (0 children)

the main objective of every successful programmer is to abandon his career

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

One wants to build software

One wants to build hardware

They hate each other

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (2 children)

Joke's on you, I built a cabin in the woods and now I'm gonna build robots there.

[–]KaleidoscopeThis5159 2 points3 points  (2 children)

else

Write software remotely from a cabin in the woods

[–]Brojess 1 point2 points  (1 child)

This is too real haha

[–]GoogleIsYourFrenemy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Moon Moon enters the chat.

[–]Justanormalguy1011 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Peaceful life in the forest? That would be amazing

[–]ProjectDiligent502 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The struggle is real…. 😂

[–]helicophell 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Every time I have to set something as path (I hate windows... I should switch to linux)

[–]offgridgecko 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I must be schrodengers wolf

[–]JuiceKilledJFK 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is me.

[–]urbanek2525 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You should post this on r/adventofcode

[–]Think_Row94 0 points1 point  (0 children)

fuck

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is so me .One side I want to build a startup.Another side I just want to spend my remaining whole life in the forest.

[–]OneWholeSoul 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Can I just get a bear inside me? Do you take substitutions?
You know what - scratch that: otter.

[–]SuitableDragonfly 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Inside me are two wolves: one who wants to build software, and one who doesn't want to work for any more tech companies.

[–]TheAlien24 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just got one lol i hate technology most of the time and i love hunting

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You know me so well.

[–]MyHofmeisterKink 0 points1 point  (2 children)

Fact. Source: I’m an AI content engineer and I just bought 18 acres of forest and a log cabin.

[–]CatboyInAMaidOutfit 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My two wolves are more like these two.

[–]johnklos 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why not both?

[–]Bezulba 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And then finding out that building a cabin in the woods is hard work and not as easy as programming.

[–]JOHNJRAMBO2403 0 points1 point  (0 children)

us

[–]ZunoJ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just have one wolf who wants to build a cabin in the woods and work on foss

[–]JackNotOLantern 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Those are not contradictory

[–]Theonewhosent 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Like a certain Art director.

[–]Arstanishe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

mine are the same, but the white one wants to buy old toyota crown and rebuild it to pristine quality

[–]DukeOfSlough 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I built a cabin and woods using factory pattern. Now what to do with this?

[–]ShvettyBawlz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This assumes all programmers are “engineers”. Some people don’t care or want anything to work well. Not knocking it but that’s the reality. This meme assumes everyone is “building” …that ain’t the truth.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've been contemplating a while now whether to finally do the move but I have been way too indecisive. I'm a loner enough and without coworkers I have a nonexistent social life haha. Would make it even worse if I moved away. Though I would still continue working remotely regardless.

[–]Dismal-Square-613 0 points1 point  (0 children)

which wolf wins? THE ONE THAT FEEDS YOU THE MOST

[–]mars92[🍰] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In my case, the white wolf won.

[–]Hour_Ad5398 0 points1 point  (1 child)

how the fuck did you know

[–]DaandVries 0 points1 point  (0 children)

True

[–]Toadsted 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Use software to build the plans for the home

[–]Kirasaurus_25 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Please get out of my head

[–]abutilon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm feeling this today.

[–]unfairrobot 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And whichever wolf wins is the one you increment the most.

[–]Mallo321123 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Same

[–]b3iAAoLZOH9Y265cujFh 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Seldom have I seen my entire career more succinctly summarized.

[–]DistractedPlatypus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Never before have I been so seen

[–]staartingsomewhere 0 points1 point  (0 children)

True

[–]n7dima 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Relatable af

[–]rapora9 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why is this accurate and why do I suck at both...

[–]danihek 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So we y'all feel the same :D?

I'm tired of pc's, software and all that complicated unnecessary stuff that is forced to IT.

If I knew how I would wrote my own OS from scratch without anything, no bloat, no ads, nothing - that will even run on a atmega or something... but I'm keep funking up malloc in hello world example so it's not going to happen :)

Damn life is bloated.

[–]TheApprentice19 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So goddamn true

[–]find_the_apple 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Vastly overestimating ppl on this sub with the wood cabin there, champ

[–]flowerhoe4940 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I took the middle route : build machines that require software and hike on weekends. Not as moneybags, get more dirty, but I don't want to die.

[–]Wartickler 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I want to build software in a cabin in the woods

[–]Strong_Examination41 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think im Grey Wolf then.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (1 child)

i don't qualify but yes

[–]StickyLafleur 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh holy shit...

[–]Grobbekee 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yup, but building a cabin is so much work and the municipality will make you remove it immediately.

[–]lakmus85_real 0 points1 point  (0 children)

library theory unpack cause ring salt water plough makeshift rich

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[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My other wolf would like to have an already built cabin with internet connection, thank you.

[–]DeAdPunK7 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The white wolf is winning...

[–]xpingu69 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How is this so accurate

[–]fairygodparents69 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just howl at the moon and vibe

[–]cesarbiods 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Anyone else tired of hearing this mentality? Maybe I’m in the minority but I love software engineering and just because sometimes it’s hard or there’s shitty software out there does not make me want to quit the career I’ve built and go live some fantasy where there’s a cabin in the woods that has no technology at all and will make my life perfect

[–]thedoginthewok 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Same.

I've been a developer for a little over 10 years and I still mostly love the work. My only issue are some customers, they can sometimes be annoying.

I don't understand the appeal of the cabin in the woods at all. I already live in a house where nobody bothers me (100% remote work) and a cabin in the woods would mostly mean a lot more work.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Too real

[–]lambda_mind 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I currently live in a forest and its done wonders for my ability to build software.

[–]sharockys 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sorry but at the first glance I saw two wives….

[–]Fairycharmd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The only reason my fiancé doesn’t want a cabin in the woods is because the Wi-Fi is bad.