{"id":15488,"date":"2016-12-15T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-12-15T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.toggl.com\/lightbulb-cartoon-developers\/"},"modified":"2024-06-12T06:29:29","modified_gmt":"2024-06-12T06:29:29","slug":"lightbulb-cartoon-developers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toggl.com\/blog\/lightbulb-cartoon-developers","title":{"rendered":"IT Jobs Explained With A Broken Lightbulb"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Are you a developer? Do you know what \u201cfrontend\u201d really does? Or \u201cops\u201d? How about \u201cleadgen\u201d?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Well, this lightbulb developer comic should clear things up. It\u2019s totally accurate, too:<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-9425 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/toggl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/toggl-it-jobs-explained-with-changing-lightbulb.jpg\" alt=\"Developer Lightbulb Cartoon Comic\" width=\"800\" height=\"2648\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This comic was created by the Toggl Goon Squad \u2013 the developers behind the <a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/toggl.com\/track\/features\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">world\u2019s no. 1 time tracking app<\/a> (certified, probably).<\/p>\n<p>We do\u00a0these comics to give\u00a0the squad a quick mental break from their epic daily adventures \u2013 last of these being the complete revamp of the Toggl web app. Nice job guys, by the way.<\/p>\n<h1>Cool beans, what else have you guys done?<\/h1>\n<p>Like, this awesome comic about using different programming languages to\u00a0<a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/toggl.com\/track\/programming-princess\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">rescue the princess from the dragon.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>You might also enjoy <a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/toggl.com\/startup-simulator\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Unicorn Startup Simulator<\/a> \u2013 a highly realistic, deeply immoral\u00a0game about life in the gritty startup scene of Silicon Valley.<\/p>\n<p>We built the entire game during a weeklong team retreat in the Scottish lowlands (highlands were not good, terrible wifi).<\/p>\n<p>Also, since a lot of our users work in development, we also have this handy guide <a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/toggl.com\/track\/developer-methods-infographic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">explaining different development methods using cars.<\/a><\/p>\n<h1>Will you do more of these?<\/h1>\n<p>Probably. 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