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The three stages of a developer's evolution: happy-go-lucky naivety when writing any code, mild concern when considering maintainability, and finally reaching god-tier enlightenment when writing code someone else has to maintain. Nothing quite says "I've transcended mortality" like crafting a labyrinth of nested callbacks with zero comments that some poor soul will inherit after you've moved on to greener pastures. It's not sabotage—it's job security!

Nothing strikes fear into a developer's heart quite like touching working code. You spend 8 hours fixing a bug, finally get it working through some unholy combination of Stack Overflow answers and pure luck, and then the PM asks "can you just add one tiny feature?" The real programming golden rule isn't DRY or SOLID principles—it's the ancient wisdom of "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" taken to religious extremes. We've all got that legacy system held together by digital duct tape that nobody dares to refactor. Sure, the documentation says "temporary solution" from 2013, but hey... it works!

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Content When there's a bug in production What do we want? Temp workarounds! How long will we use them? Indefinitely!

The classic tech company bait-and-switch. First panel: "Your experience is amazing! Exactly what we need!" with sparkly eyes and flattery about your soft skills. Second panel: The moment you can't reverse a linked list in 30 seconds during a whiteboard interview, suddenly you're garbage. The duality of technical interviews - where your resume gets you in the door but your ability to perform circus tricks under pressure determines your worth. Just another day in the tech hiring paradox.

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