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First-try compilation success? That's rarer than finding a unicorn coding in COBOL. The sheer disbelief on Thanos' face perfectly captures that moment when your code compiles without errors on the first attempt. You stare at the message in stunned silence, convinced it must be a glitch in the Matrix. Surely the compiler is playing some cruel joke before unleashing 47 cryptic error messages about missing semicolons and undefined references. And even if it did compile, you know deep down that 16 runtime exceptions are lurking just beneath the surface, waiting to snap half your application into oblivion.

Let's be honest here. My entire career is just me aggressively Googling stuff with increasingly specific search terms until I find that one Stack Overflow answer from 2014 with 3 upvotes that somehow solves my exact problem. After 15 years in this industry, I've mastered the art of copy-pasting with style. My IDE is just a fancy middleman between Google and my git commits. The real skill isn't remembering syntax—it's knowing exactly what to search for and recognizing the right answer when you see it. Junior devs think we have all the answers. Nope. We just have better search history.

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The four stages of debugging: contemplation, deeper contemplation, sudden epiphany, and immediate bathroom sprint. Because let's face it—the best debugging solutions always come when you're physically unable to implement them. It's like the universe's cruel joke that your brain waits until your butt hits the toilet seat to finally connect those neural pathways. Ten years into this profession and I'm convinced my best code is written in my head while staring at bathroom tiles. Should probably install a waterproof keyboard in there at this point.