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They Call Me Senior Dev
Agile Devops Programming
1 day ago 60.2K views 0 shares
They Call Me Senior Dev
The true mark of seniority isn't writing complex algorithms or architecting scalable systems—it's the art of staying silent during meetings that could've been emails. That awkward monkey face perfectly captures the existential crisis of realizing you're paid a small fortune to occasionally unmute and say "sounds good to me" or "I'll circle back offline." The real six-figure skill? Knowing when your input adds zero value but still collecting that direct deposit. Silent wisdom is apparently worth its weight in gold.

Biggest Self Report
AI Programming
4 days ago 71.0K views 0 shares
Biggest Self Report
That exhausted look when your coworker won't shut up about AI. The quotation marks around "programmers" say it all - real devs are busy fixing merge conflicts while the ChatGPT enthusiasts are planning how AI will write their next project. Meanwhile, the rest of us just want to finish our coffee before it gets cold.

Another Day On LinkedIn
Gamedev C++ Programming Java
7 days ago 59.4K views 0 shares
Another Day On LinkedIn
Ah yes, the classic LinkedIn tech post where someone claims Fortnite was built with C++ and Minecraft with Java—technically correct! But then there's the masterpiece known as "MOHBGS"... which doesn't exist. It's the perfect representation of those LinkedIn "experts" who confidently list technologies they've never touched and games they've never played just to appear knowledgeable. The digital equivalent of nodding along in meetings when you have no idea what's being discussed. Resume padding has evolved into an art form!

The Invisible Support Team
Programming StackOverflow Debugging
9 days ago 48.7K views 0 shares
The Invisible Support Team
THE AUDACITY! Someone claiming they're "self-taught" while Google, YouTube, and Quora are literally standing RIGHT THERE like disappointed parents who did ALL the heavy lifting! 💀 Honey, you didn't learn programming "on your own" - you had three digital sugar daddies feeding you every single line of code! That's like saying you invented the sandwich when all you did was unwrap one from the store. The DRAMA of it all!

Senior Dev With No Idea
Programming Webdev Frontend Backend
12 days ago 61.1K views 0 shares
Senior Dev With No Idea
From "senior dev with 18 years experience" to "no idea" about actual coding skills in 7 minutes flat. Nothing captures the tech industry's impostor syndrome epidemic quite like this. The beautiful irony of someone who abandoned actual programming to become a "vibe coder" (whatever that is) and still can't assess their own abilities. It's the career equivalent of putting "proficient in Microsoft Word" on your resume but not knowing how to change the font.

The Twenty-Second Coding Messiah
Debugging Programming StackOverflow Testing
17 days ago 85.5K views 0 shares
The Twenty-Second Coding Messiah
OH. MY. GOD. The absolute RUSH of swooping in like some coding superhero and fixing in TWENTY SECONDS what your coworker has been sobbing over for TWO ENTIRE DAYS! 💅✨ It's not just power—it's TRANSCENDENCE! You're basically a deity in that moment, graciously descending from Mount Olympus to bestow your divine wisdom upon the peasants. And the best part? Acting all casual like "oh that? just a little pointer issue" while internally you're planning which corner of your ceiling to install the shrine to your own brilliance. THE AUDACITY of your genius!

Too Competitive: The Dev Job Market Emotional Rollercoaster
Programming Webdev Git
19 days ago 84.8K views 0 shares
Too Competitive: The Dev Job Market Emotional Rollercoaster
The dev job market in four emotional stages: 1. Mild confidence : "I know 6 languages? That's decent, right?" 2. Excited overconfidence : "30 GitHub projects?! I'm basically a 10x developer at this point!" 3. Nuclear meltdown mode : *Frantically scrolling LinkedIn* "Wait, they want 12 years experience in a 5-year-old framework?!" 4. Existential despair : *Staring into the void* "10,000 applicants... one position... my resume is probably being used as digital scratch paper." The tech hiring funnel: where your impostor syndrome gets validated by actual numbers.

Don't Shoot, I'm Your DBA! (Until You Ask For Proof)
Databases Security Devops Programming
20 days ago 85.1K views 0 shares
Don't Shoot, I'm Your DBA! (Until You Ask For Proof)
The eternal standoff between developers and DBAs in their natural habitat. When disaster strikes, suddenly everyone's a "DBA" until they're asked to prove it by showing who has those coveted production database credentials. Nothing exposes an impostor faster than asking them to actually fix something in prod. That moment when you realize your "database expertise" consists entirely of SELECT statements you copied from Stack Overflow... just accept your fate.

Reality Is Often Disappointing
AI Programming Python
22 days ago 84.9K views 0 shares
Reality Is Often Disappointing
Putting on glasses to transform from "LLM Engineer" to "Knows about openai, anthropic and google-genai package" is peak tech industry smoke and mirrors. It's like calling yourself a "Cloud Architect" because you once deployed a WordPress site to AWS. The glasses don't add intelligence—they just help you see through the BS of your own job title. Next time someone introduces themselves as an "LLM Engineer," ask them if they can actually explain a transformer architecture or if they just know how to copy-paste API keys.

Years Of Experience Lost Within A Week
Programming Webdev Debugging
23 days ago 78.6K views 0 shares
Years Of Experience Lost Within A Week
OH MY GOD, the TRAUMA is REAL! 💀 Take a two-week vacation and suddenly your brain turns into a BLANK NOTEPAD FILE?! The coding knowledge just EVAPORATES into thin air! One minute you're writing elegant algorithms, the next you're googling "how to print hello world" while questioning your entire career choices. It's like your brain has the memory retention of a goldfish swimming in COFFEE! And don't even get me started on coming back to your own code... "WHO WROTE THIS ABOMINATION?!" Oh wait, it was me... two weeks ago. The impostor syndrome isn't just knocking - it's BREAKING DOWN THE DOOR with a battering ram!

Beast Setup, Potato Skills
Programming Webdev Hardware StackOverflow Debugging
23 days ago 69.8K views 0 shares
Beast Setup, Potato Skills
The classic developer trinity: military-grade hardware, supersonic internet, and coding skills that barely keep you afloat. Nothing quite captures the existential crisis of modern programming like having a NASA-worthy setup only to Google "how to center a div" for the 47th time. Your battlestation might be ready for cyberwar, but your brain is still paddling around in a leaky canoe named "Stack Overflow Dependency."

Is My PR Big Enough?
Git Devops Agile Programming
24 days ago 92.5K views 0 shares
Is My PR Big Enough?
The eternal developer insecurity captured in one GitHub diff stat. Adding nearly 5,000 lines while removing 1,144 and still wondering if your PR is substantial enough. Meanwhile, your code reviewer is silently praying you didn't just paste an entire npm package into the codebase. The green bars say "impressive contribution" but your brain says "what if it's mostly comments and whitespace?" Classic impostor syndrome with a side of version control anxiety.