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The Computer Science Factory Is Hiring
Programming
16 hours ago 163.9K views 0 shares
The Computer Science Factory Is Hiring
Nothing says "I understand technology" quite like thinking Computer Science is about manufacturing computers. Dad's response is the perfect encapsulation of why explaining your career to family is harder than explaining recursion to a first-year student. The classic disconnect between what non-tech people think we do ("oh, you can fix my printer!") versus the reality of crying over a missing semicolon at 2AM. The computer science factory is currently hiring - must have 10 years experience in a language that's 3 years old and be willing to work for exposure.

The 1000th Ghosting Achievement Unlocked
Programming
2 days ago 82.3K views 0 shares
The 1000th Ghosting Achievement Unlocked
The job market's really out here giving junior devs the full Dark Souls experience. Four rounds of technical interviews, a take-home project that would take a senior dev a week, and then... *crickets*. The absolute exhaustion of putting your soul into yet another application only to be ghosted is perfectly captured here. The best part? Companies still wondering why they can't find "qualified candidates" while their ATS automatically rejects anyone without 5 years experience in a framework that's 3 years old. At this point, junior devs aren't even mad anymore—just tired in their bones.

When The Tech Recession Hits Different
Programming Algorithms
3 days ago 67.3K views 0 shares
When The Tech Recession Hits Different
Four years of algorithms, data structures, and sleepless nights debugging code just to be told your Computer Science degree is perfect for scanning groceries. That recruiter algorithm must be using Internet Explorer on Windows 95. At least the "This is a bad match" button is self-aware enough to recognize the existential crisis it's causing. Nothing says "tech recession" like getting job alerts for positions where your most advanced skill will be memorizing produce codes.

Come Work For PHP Hub
php Webdev Programming Backend
3 days ago 72.4K views 0 shares
Come Work For PHP Hub
The job market hierarchy in full display! First panel: hopeful programmer asking if anyone needs their services. Second panel: crushing rejection and existential crisis ensues. Third panel: suddenly someone needs a developer! Fourth panel: plot twist—it's for PHP and the dramatic lightning effects perfectly capture every modern developer's internal screaming. The ultimate programming food chain where PHP sits at the bottom of the desirability spectrum. Even desperate unemployed devs have standards! It's basically the equivalent of saying "I need someone to maintain this COBOL codebase from 1972 with zero documentation."

Connections > Competence
Programming
3 days ago 58.2K views 0 shares
Connections > Competence
The tech industry's dirty little secret: your perfectly crafted resume with a master's degree, relevant experience, and flawless portfolio is no match for Bob from accounting's cousin who "knows someone." Nothing like watching six years of education and experience get outgunned by a single Slack message from an internal referral. The tech hiring meritocracy is just nepotism wearing a hoodie.

Localhost: Where All Resumes Go To Die
Debugging Webdev Devops Programming Testing
4 days ago 55.7K views 0 shares
Localhost: Where All Resumes Go To Die
Someone forgot to update their production URL! The job posting asks candidates to send resumes to careers@localhost — essentially asking people to email their resumes to their own computers. That's like telling someone to mail a letter to "My House" with no address. The developer probably copy-pasted from their test environment and never updated it before going live. Four years of experience required but apparently none needed for whoever set up this job posting!

It's Inevitable: The Great CS Degree Desert Expedition
Programming Algorithms Debugging
4 days ago 46.7K views 0 shares
It's Inevitable: The Great CS Degree Desert Expedition
Four years of studying sorting algorithms, computational complexity, and discrete mathematics... only to find yourself completely out of your element in a real-world codebase. That scuba gear in the desert perfectly captures the disconnect between academic theory and industry reality. You're equipped for an ocean of knowledge that simply doesn't exist where you've landed. Meanwhile, your new team casually mentions they need you to refactor a 10-year-old legacy system written by someone who apparently coded with their elbows. No data structure in your textbooks prepared you for that depth of technical debt.

The Prompt Engineer's Prayer
AI Programming Debugging Testing
6 days ago 59.9K views 0 shares
The Prompt Engineer's Prayer
The desperate plea of a prompt engineer trying to wrangle an AI into submission. The modern equivalent of bargaining with a compiler, except this time the error messages are just passive-aggressive hallucinations. That desperate "bro" energy hits different when your entire job depends on whether an AI decides to follow JSON syntax today. Somewhere, a CS professor is weeping while a product manager is asking "but can't we just tell it to stop making mistakes?"

Start Your Career Before You Start Walking
Programming Webdev Javascript Frontend
7 days ago 92.8K views 0 shares
Start Your Career Before You Start Walking
Start 'em young, they said. Gotta love those job listings demanding a decade of experience with technologies that have only existed for five years. This baby's already behind schedule! Should've mastered React in the womb and deployed a blockchain solution during naptime. At this rate, the poor kid will only have 18 years of experience by 20 - clearly unemployable by industry standards. Next week: "Python for Fetuses" and "Docker Containerization Before You Can Walk."

We're Partly Humans Too
Programming Testing
8 days ago 53.6K views 0 shares
We're Partly Humans Too
The tech industry's hiring process is basically a sadistic obstacle course designed by people who hate joy. Regular folks step on a rake and get rejected immediately. Meanwhile, developers have to parkour through HR screenings, awkward team interviews, and technical interrogations where they're asked to invert binary trees on a whiteboard—only to get rejected anyway. Six weeks of your life gone just so some startup can tell you they're "going in a different direction." The greatest skill in software engineering isn't coding—it's maintaining your will to live through the interview process.

It's Tough Out Here: Good Luck
Programming
9 days ago 55.8K views 0 shares
It's Tough Out Here: Good Luck
Oh. My. GOD. The AUDACITY of tech hiring! 💀 You spend WEEKS preparing, nail SEVEN interviews like some kind of coding superhero, charm the CEO with your brilliant personality, and then... NOTHING . The sheer emotional whiplash from "I crushed this" to "We regret to inform you..." is the tech industry's most sadistic rollercoaster. And they have the NERVE to say "the market is competitive" when what they really mean is "we're going to ghost you harder than your ex after borrowing your Netflix password." The job search trauma is REAL, people!

When Vibes Replace Variables
Programming Debugging
9 days ago 60.1K views 0 shares
When Vibes Replace Variables
DARLING, I'VE SEEN THINGS. Hiring managers SCREAMING into the void as Gen Z candidates list "vibe coding" right next to JavaScript and Python! The absolute AUDACITY! It's like claiming you're fluent in "good energy" or have 5 years experience in "manifesting algorithms." Honey, the only vibes in coding are the vibrations of my keyboard as I frantically debug at 2AM while questioning my life choices. Your positive energy won't fix that null pointer exception, sweetie! 💅