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There Is No Point In Trying
Programming Webdev
4 hours ago 39.5K views 0 shares
There Is No Point In Trying
HONEY, THE MARKET HAS CHANGED ! 2022 was the golden era when developers were literally DROWNING in job offers! SpongeBob and Patrick swimming in employment bliss while we're out here in 2024 refreshing our inboxes like desperate peasants! The audacity of tech companies to just... stop throwing money at us! I've gone from choosing between FAANG offers to considering if my barista skills are transferable. The tech bubble didn't just burst—it EXPLODED in our faces while we were busy planning which tech company's free lunch menu was superior! 💀

We Are All On The Same Gallows
AI Webdev Programming
3 days ago 46.7K views 0 shares
We Are All On The Same Gallows
The existential dread noose is tightening around everyone's neck! Developers think they're special snowflakes trembling about AI taking their precious coding jobs, while completely forgetting that translators, designers, and support staff have been dangling from the gallows of automation for months already. It's like watching someone panic about a tsunami while standing next to people who are already neck-deep in water. The irony is that devs are literally building the very AI tools that will eventually replace them. Talk about sawing off the branch you're sitting on!

The Road Not Taken
AI Programming Databases
6 days ago 68.8K views 0 shares
The Road Not Taken
Two doors. One leads to "Working on Real-World Projects" and stands completely empty. The other leads to "Next AI/Data Bootcamp" with a line stretching to the horizon. Everyone's rushing to become the next AI guru while actual project experience collects dust. The tech industry's version of a Black Friday sale – except what they're fighting for is just another certificate to add to their LinkedIn profile.

I Found A Job (That Costs $500 A Week)
AI Programming
8 days ago 47.2K views 0 shares
I Found A Job (That Costs $500 A Week)
Ah, the dream job has finally arrived. Not only do you get to work for free as a "Prompt Engineer," but you also pay $500 weekly for the privilege of... doing unpaid work. It's basically an expensive subscription to pretend you have a job. Next up: paying for air to breathe in the office. The recruiter probably thinks they're being generous by not charging for bathroom breaks.

Programmers Needed (For PHP)
php Webdev Programming Backend
11 days ago 70.5K views 0 shares
Programmers Needed (For PHP)
In the software development realm, there's a clear hierarchy of suffering, and PHP sits firmly at the bottom. Nobody wants to touch PHP with a ten-foot keyboard until... dramatic lightning someone actually needs it. The comic perfectly captures that moment when developers would rather sit alone in existential despair than volunteer for general programming tasks, but suddenly spring to attention when PHP is mentioned—not out of enthusiasm, but with the maniacal energy of someone who knows they're about to witness a train wreck and can't look away. It's like finding out your friend needs help moving, and you're suddenly very busy—until they mention their new place has a hot tub. Except the hot tub is full of legacy code and deprecated functions.

The Recursion Of Doom
Programming Debugging
11 days ago 55.8K views 0 shares
The Recursion Of Doom
THE HORROR! THE ABSOLUTE MADNESS! While recruiters hiring recruiters is just business as usual, and chefs training chefs is a culinary delight, programmers programming programmers is straight-up NIGHTMARE FUEL! 😱 The dark, sinister face in the third panel says it all - we've created a monster! Just imagine the unholy abomination of code that would emerge from such a cursed collaboration. It's like watching the birth of Skynet in real-time, but with more coffee stains and existential dread. The coding equivalent of staring into the abyss until the abyss throws a NullPointerException back at you!

Game Developer Porn Director
Gamedev Unity Programming
17 days ago 82.1K views 0 shares
Game Developer Porn Director
Ah, the classic "CS degree to Steam shovelware pipeline." Four years of algorithms and data structures, only to end up cranking out questionable adult games with stick figures and dad jokes. The industry calls this "leveraging your education." Parents call it "why did we pay tuition?" Steam calls it "top seller in the Mostly Negative reviews category." For the uninitiated, "shovelware" refers to low-quality software rushed to market with minimal effort - basically the coding equivalent of a gas station sandwich.

Too Competitive: The Dev Job Market Emotional Rollercoaster
Programming Webdev Git
17 days ago 83.5K 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.

The Grass Is Always Greener On The Other Language
Java Programming Python
19 days ago 73.7K views 0 shares
The Grass Is Always Greener On The Other Language
The programming language journey train has two very different passengers. Guy on the left is miserable learning Java while seeing Python jobs everywhere. Guy on the right is happily learning Python while surrounded by Java job postings. It's the classic "grass is always greener" syndrome that haunts every developer's career. No matter which tech stack you choose, you'll always feel like you picked the wrong one when scrolling through job boards. Ten years in the industry and I still can't decide if I should be learning Rust or holding onto my legacy C++ knowledge. Meanwhile the job market wants 10 years experience in a framework that was released last Tuesday.

Why Are You Not Playing By The Rules Of The Game
Programming Agile
19 days ago 66.6K views 0 shares
Why Are You Not Playing By The Rules Of The Game
The modern tech hiring process in a nutshell. Companies expect you to perform like a circus animal through endless assessments and interviews, then act shocked when talent goes elsewhere. Nothing triggers HR quite like a candidate who values their time and knows their worth. That blood-curdling scream is the sound of recruiters realizing they can't torture candidates with their six-week interview process anymore. Remember kids: companies that respect you from the start are usually the ones worth working for. The rest just want to see how much abuse you'll tolerate before you're even hired.

Hope To Conquer The World
Programming Rust
20 days ago 75.6K views 0 shares
Hope To Conquer The World
BEHOLD! The sacred ritual of the unemployed coder! There they stand, fist raised dramatically to the heavens, as if writing "Hello World" in yet another language will somehow transform them from jobless keyboard warrior to tech billionaire overnight! The AUDACITY! The DRAMA! The sheer DELUSION that learning your 27th programming language will finally be the one that makes recruiters slide into your DMs! Meanwhile, their LinkedIn profile weeps silently in the corner as they ignore actual marketable skills to master printing text to a console in Rust. Revolutionary stuff, truly.

To Infinity And... Basic Market Economics
Programming Webdev
22 days ago 70.9K views 0 shares
To Infinity And... Basic Market Economics
The classic delusion of programmer exceptionalism, beautifully illustrated by Buzz Lightyear's character arc. At the top, we have the confident declaration "I'm a programmer, I am rare, pay me more" – the battle cry of every dev who just learned their first framework. Meanwhile, the bottom shows the harsh "Reality": shelves stacked with identical Buzz figurines, representing the actual job market flooded with programmers who all think they're special snowflakes. The tech industry's favorite fairy tale: believing you're a unique space ranger when you're actually mass-produced in a factory called Bootcamp™. Your "rare" skills? Yeah, there are about 10,000 Medium articles teaching those exact same skills to everyone else right now.