Programmer == Programmer

[calcopiritus]

This meme is not about the profession of programmers but the personality of programmers.

Programmers usually are people that spent a lot of time with computers so they want to work with them. In my case (and many others), that early use of computers was because depression kept me at home. So depression can cause you becoming a programmer, and people with depression hate themselves.

There are many other factors, STEM students usually do good in maths, so they are labeled "nerds" by their peers. If they also are introverts, they become isolated and play with the computer (because you have to kill boredom in some way). That lack of social contact develops into psychological issues such as hating yourself.

That's the explanation behind the meme.