Overqualified Memes

Four years of algorithm analysis, data structures, and discrete mathematics just to ask if you want ketchup with that. The job market's so saturated that your resume with "proficient in 12 programming languages" is now being used to wrap burgers. Still paying off student loans with minimum wage while the CS dropout who made a silly app about cats is now worth millions. The ultimate stack overflow.

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.

Finally found a practical use for that $50,000 piece of paper - a mousepad. Four years of data structures and algorithms just to create the perfect surface friction for cursor movement. The irony is that the degree probably cost more than the actual computer it's supporting. At least it's not collecting dust in a drawer like my knowledge of binary trees.

Nothing triggers impostor syndrome quite like scrolling through GitHub and finding Luigi here with dual CS degrees from an Ivy League school, 3500 followers, and probably a contribution graph that looks like a Manhattan skyline. Meanwhile, you're still struggling to center a div and your most impressive achievement is fixing a bug by restarting your computer. The cherry on top? He's probably 22 and already has FAANG offers while you're surviving on Stack Overflow copypasta and praying nobody reviews your code too carefully. But hey, at least you know how to exit Vim... sometimes.