Seniority Memes

Survivorship bias: the tech industry's secret promotion strategy! Why master complex algorithms when you can master the art of not updating your LinkedIn? Just hunker down while your colleagues chase shiny new startups, and voilà – you're suddenly the oracle of legacy code and where all the bodies are buried in the codebase. The real senior developer skill isn't solving problems, it's remembering why that mysterious function from 2016 can't be deleted without bringing down the entire system. Institutional knowledge through sheer stubbornness – nature's way of turning mediocrity into seniority!