Career paths Memes

So you're having doubts about your coding career? Don't worry, the tech industry has prepared some lovely exit routes for you. Product management is the "I still want to be in tech but without the actual coding" path. Teacher is for those who think "if I can't do it, I'll teach it" (and honestly, respect). DevRel is basically getting paid to tweet and go to conferences while pretending you still code. And then there's goose farming – the most honest option here, because at least geese are upfront about being annoying and difficult to work with, unlike your CI/CD pipeline. The real kicker? Half the senior devs you know have already mentally chosen their path. They're just waiting for the right moment or the next production incident to pull the trigger.

The career counselor never mentioned this path on the CS degree flowchart! Silicon Valley's dating scene has become its own bizarre ecosystem where tech stereotypes and cultural fetishization collide in a perfect storm of awkwardness. The real technical interview is explaining to your parents why you moved 3,000 miles away to become part of this strange sociological experiment. Meanwhile, the actual coding is just what happens between happy hours where everyone pretends to care about "disrupting" something.