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The generational divide in tech has never been more savage! Old-timer dev with his magnificent beard is schooling these youngsters about the ancient art of coding without AI assistance. “ChatGPT? When I was your age I had to write my own code” hits different in 2024 when half of us are just prompt engineers now. It's like bragging about churning your own butter or hunting woolly mammoths. The irony? That senior probably copy-pasted from StackOverflow anyway. The tech cycle continues—today's juniors will someday lecture about the primitive days of having to type prompts instead of just thinking them.

When you're the only traditional coder at the family Christmas and your relatives finally understand what you've been trying to tell them for months! The kid is literally every "real programmer" opening their shiny new AI course gift only to discover the harsh truth. Meanwhile, the prompt-writing relatives are cackling because they've been making six figures by typing "make me a website that looks good" into ChatGPT while you're still debugging semicolons at 3 AM. The ultimate coding identity crisis of our generation!

The classic "I know better than the buzzwords" conversation that happens in every tech company these days. You're just trying to be the voice of reason suggesting a simple algorithmic solution, but management's been reading too many LinkedIn posts about AI revolutionizing everything. That "how dare you?" reaction is what happens when you threaten someone's chance to put "AI-powered solution" on their quarterly achievements slide. Ten years in the industry and I've learned questioning the AI hype is basically career suicide at this point.

The second you mention you're learning to code, every relative suddenly transforms into Usain Bolt chasing you down with AI course recommendations. Nothing says "supportive family" like implying your freshly-learned print("Hello World") is already obsolete before you've even figured out how loops work. The programming journey: 10% learning syntax, 90% sprinting away from people telling you that what you're learning is already outdated. Pro tip: develop selective hearing - it's the most valuable skill in your coding toolkit.

Ah, the classic bait and switch marketing that's so prevalent in tech. Someone announces "Cursor is now free for students. Enjoy!" and immediately gets parodied with "Sugar is now free for diabetics. Enjoy!" It's that special kind of tech industry dark humor where we've all been burned by the "free" label. This is basically every "free tier" announcement ever made. Sure, we'll give you the exact thing that's completely useless or potentially harmful to your specific situation. Like offering unlimited storage to someone with no internet connection. Thanks for nothing! The real kicker is how many likes and reposts these announcements get. We're all just digital hamsters running on the hype wheel at this point.

When your AI is so advanced it thinks user complaints are features. Google's app store listing proudly showcasing "Lack of dark theme" with 300+ users agreeing! Nothing says "we're listening to feedback" like algorithmically promoting the very thing people are begging you to fix. Classic tech company move—if enough people complain about something, just rebrand it as an intentional design choice. Next feature highlight: "Frustratingly inconsistent UI (500+ users love this!)"