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Peak Programmer Career Trajectory

6 hours ago 73.0K views 0 shares

After grinding for 22+ years at Microsoft, climbing from Software Engineer to Principal Performance Architect, this absolute legend said "enough" and embraced their true calling: goose farming . That resume reads like the most epic rage-quit in tech history. Spent two decades optimizing code only to optimize their happiness instead. The career progression we secretly all aspire to—escape the sprint planning meetings to sprint after geese. Bet those 2AM production outages don't seem so bad when your biggest emergency is a honking rebellion.

The Best Part Of Quitting A Job

Programming Devops Agile Debugging Testing

2 days ago 62.0K views 0 shares

That beautiful moment when you hand over your legacy codebase like a soggy cardboard box on a clothesline. "Here's that microservice I built at 3 AM during a production outage. No documentation, just vibes. Good luck figuring out why it crashes every third Tuesday!" Meanwhile you're skipping away to greener pastures while your replacement stares at 5,000 lines of uncommented spaghetti code with variable names like 'temp1' and 'finalFinalREALLYfinal2'. The digital equivalent of leaving a time bomb with a sticky note that says "it works on my machine!"

State Of The Industry

Programming AI Algorithms

9 days ago 63.2K views 0 shares

When Indeed thinks your software engineering skills make you perfect for managing a fast food joint, but still has the audacity to include a "This is a bad match" button. The irony is delicious – unlike what you'd be serving at El Pollo Loco. The tech industry in 2024: Spend 10 years mastering distributed systems and microservices architecture so you can flip chicken and manage teenagers making minimum wage. But hey, you get to "apply your skills in a new industry" – because apparently writing code and cooking poultry require the same skill set!

From Prison To Programmer: The Ultimate Career Change

React Webdev Javascript Programming Frontend

20 days ago 89.4K views 0 shares

From Prison To Programmer: The Ultimate Career Change

Nothing says "career pivot" quite like going from prison to React developer. The conversation starts innocently with someone worrying their 44-year-old brain can't handle learning React by 50, and ends with the most extreme backstory reveal in tech forum history. This is basically the dark universe version of those LinkedIn posts where people brag about learning to code after switching careers. "From convicted felon to frontend developer - anything is possible with determination and a good IDE!" And they say the tech interview process is brutal. At least no one's asking about your axe-murdering skills anymore.

Where Is Your Love For The Game

Programming

21 days ago 77.0K views 0 shares

Let's be honest—we're all one bad sprint from quitting and opening a food truck. The golden handcuffs of tech salaries keep us debugging other people's spaghetti code at 2 AM instead of pursuing our actual dreams. Sure, I could make artisanal cupcakes for a living, but how would I afford my collection of unused Udemy courses and mechanical keyboards? The real programmer dream isn't building the next unicorn—it's finding any other job that pays six figures for turning caffeine into semicolons.

The Corporate Dating Game

Programming Devops

28 days ago 71.0K views 0 shares

THE ABSOLUTE DRAMA of job hunting while employed! Your company is DESPERATELY searching for your replacement, and there you are, scrolling through job listings like you're on a covert mission! The audacity! The betrayal! It's the corporate version of dating apps—everyone's looking for someone better while pretending to be loyal. The modern workplace romance: you're both cheating on each other with other jobs! And the awkward eye contact when you both realize what's happening? PRICELESS!

Lord Help Me

Webdev React Typescript Javascript Programming

29 days ago 103.4K views 0 shares

Ah, the classic designer-turned-coder existential crisis. That moment when someone who's mastered the perfect drop shadow and pixel-perfect layouts suddenly faces the abyss of programming logic. They're staring into the void with those wide, terrified eyes because there's no Figma plugin for learning JavaScript. Trust me, I've seen this look on dozens of UI/UX folks over the years when they realize that "responsive" means more than just looking good on mobile. The learning curve isn't a curve at all—it's a damn cliff with sharks at the bottom.

Fuck It We Farm

Programming Agile

1 month ago 65.5K views 0 shares

Oh look, another dev hitting that sweet spot between burnout and career pivot! When the IT industry is laying people off faster than a hot potato, what's a programmer to do? Obviously add cream to your coffee and suddenly consider goat farming as a viable alternative career path. Because nothing says "I've given up on debugging that legacy codebase" quite like fantasizing about living off-grid with only goats for code reviews. The perfect solution to your 47 Jira tickets? Just add milk and pretend you're qualified to run a farm instead!

An Application We Just Received... There Is Going To Be A Bit Of A Learning Curve, But At Least He Is Willing To Relocate

Programming

1 month ago 57.3K views 0 shares

An Application We Just Received... There Is Going To Be A Bit Of A Learning Curve, But At Least He Is Willing To Relocate

Ah yes, the classic career pivot from "truck driver" to "Senior Full Stack Solutions Architect / Team Lead." Because obviously, if you can back up an 18-wheeler, you can definitely architect microservices! This is the tech industry equivalent of applying to be a brain surgeon because you're really good at Operation. The recruiter's going to need a full stack of patience for this one. At least the confidence is admirable – maybe we should hire this person to handle our production deployments. They clearly aren't afraid of crashes!

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