The comic is a humorous take on the junior sysadmin or developer, where someone with little knowledge overestimates their ability. The junior dev/admin, initially confident in their sysadmin skills, quickly panics when faced with a real problem, highlighting the difference between experience and actual competence when working with Unix servers
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