xkcd #3127: Where Babies Come From
Title text:
Historians: Contemporaneous documentation of the initial events is often sparse, and in fact people often get testy and uncooperative when we urge better documentation for the historical record.
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Source: https://xkcd.com/3127/
The point is that they weren't portrayed that way in the comic.
I think the parent comment meant "everyone else is worse at software engineering"
You know, that makes a lot more sense than what they actually wrote. You've convinced me that they meant to say what you said instead of what they said.