Compilers Took My Job

Text on the meme

COMPILERS TOOK MY JOB

What it means

A black-and-white woman holds computer punch cards in front of her face. The joke is that compilers automated the work of manually preparing or reading machine code, so the woman humorously claims that software took her job. It is used as a retro-computing reaction to automation and programmers being replaced by technology.

Objects

woman / женщина computer punch cards / перфокарты hand / рука painted fingernails / накрашенные ногти short haircut / короткая стрижка black-and-white photograph / чёрно-белая фотография computer code / компьютерный код paper cards / бумажные карточки face / лицо