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Inheritance (lemmy.curiana.net)

submitted 2 days ago by ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev

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[–] Arghblarg@lemmy.ca 103 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I was on a project where a co-worker left and his son was onboarded a few years later; he seemed much more chill than I when we were both working on an issue and it dawned on me that he was literally fixing (well, not really a defect just an update) his Dad's code. Heh.

[–] TheBat@lemmy.world 45 points 2 days ago

'Fixing his dad's code' sounds Freudian ngl

[–] SeductiveTortoise@piefed.social 42 points 2 days ago

"This is what my parents raised me for. Step aside!"