The Tower Of Digital Babel

Someone searched for "low stress jobs" and found Software Engineer listed alongside Remote Sensing Scientist, Graphic Designer, and Hairstylist. Below is Anakin Skywalker screaming "Liar!" because anyone who's ever pushed to production at 4:59 PM on a Friday knows that "low stress" and "software engineer" go together like semicolons and JavaScript — technically possible but likely to end in tears.

The joke here is that the pie chart shows the "Benefits of working in IT in 2025" with a legend listing Salary, Wellness, Stable mental health, and Confidence for your future... but none of the colors in the legend actually appear in the chart. Classic bait-and-switch that hits too close to home. Seven years in the industry and I've seen enough "wellness programs" that consist of a single yoga session and free pizza to know this isn't far from reality. The chart is basically saying "here are all the benefits you were promised" while showing completely different data—just like how your job description never matches what you actually do. Pro tip: The real benefits of IT are unlimited coffee and the ability to blame everything on "network issues."

HONEY, I'VE SEEN THINGS YOU WOULDN'T BELIEVE! Entire production databases vanishing into the void because some poor soul thought their manual Friday backup ritual was enough! THE HORROR! 😱 Listen up, sweethearts - if you're still clicking that backup button like it's 1999, you're basically playing Russian roulette with your career. Automation isn't just fancy - it's the ONLY thing standing between you and that 3AM call where you explain to the CEO why the company now exists only in your memories! 💀

The eternal battle between corporate security protocols and chaotic startup energy. Enterprise sec-ops teams are having an absolute meltdown watching ex-startup engineers deploy code without 17 approval layers and a blood sacrifice. Meanwhile, the startup veteran is screaming back because they can't push to production at 2AM after three energy drinks anymore. Nothing says "cultural clash" quite like someone who once deployed with git push --force trying to navigate a change management process that requires signatures from people who don't even work at the company anymore.

The sweet illusion of productivity, crushed by managerial chaos. You think you've won the sprint game by finishing early, only to have your tech lead drop a surprise 2-story-point task in your lap without even a courtesy Slack message. That smug smile in the top panel? Gone faster than a production server during a demo. This is why we never announce when we're done early—rookie mistake. Just quietly work on tech debt or documentation until the sprint officially ends. Or better yet, take a three-day "debugging session" with your camera off.

That moment when you realize your WHERE clause went missing and you just rewrote half the company's customer data. The cold sweat. The panic. The desperate hope that someone's going to tap you on the shoulder and say "just kidding, there's a backup." But deep down, you know... your resume needs updating faster than those 12 million rows you just mangled.