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A 5x5 grid of photos. Column headings across the top: DEVELOPERS, DESIGNERS, PROJECT MANAGERS, QA, SYSADMINS. Row labels down the left: SEEN BY DEVELOPERS, SEEN BY DESIGNERS, SEEN BY PROJECT MANAGERS, SEEN BY QA, SEEN BY SYSADMINS. Each cell shows a stock or pop-culture photo, such as a scientist, a toddler with paintbrushes, a man in a black turtleneck, a prisoner behind bars, and a cartoon man flipping the bird.

How Dev Teams Really See Each Other

A grid meme showing how developers, designers, project managers, QA and sysadmins stereotype one another, a familiar joke for anyone who survived 2000s-era IT offices.

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A 5x5 grid of photos. Column headings across the top: DEVELOPERS, DESIGNERS, PROJECT MANAGERS, QA, SYSADMINS. Row labels down the left: SEEN BY DEVELOPERS, SEEN BY DESIGNERS, SEEN BY PROJECT MANAGERS, SEEN BY QA, SEEN BY SYSADMINS. Each cell shows a stock or pop-culture photo, such as a scientist, a toddler with paintbrushes, a man in a black turtleneck, a prisoner behind bars, and a cartoon man flipping the bird.

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