What a privilege it can be to be a programmer. There are a whole collection of powerful computer secrets upholding the way we live life today, and you're one of the minority who understands them?
OK, I know it's not quite that drastic, and that reality is less glamorous. Still, coding is seen as an enviable skill by many. Even with the advent of ChatGPT, it pays to understand this kind of thing in both a practical and financial sense. Computers aren't going anywhere, after all. That's one thing most of us can agree on.
As more and more people become curious to the ways of programming, it makes sense that this expresses itself in memes. The process is hardly a walk in the park, and the best way to combat any frustrations is with humor. That's what we would like to think, anyway. It's a hard job, but somebody's got to do it.