Unrealistic expectations Memes

Timeframe Is Whack

4 days ago 157.7K views 0 shares

Project manager asks for an estimate. You know it'll take 3 months minimum, but you also know they want to hear "next week." So you do what any rational developer does: give them a range so absurdly wide it's basically useless. An hour to 11 months? Sure. Could be done by lunch, could be done when your kid graduates middle school. Both equally plausible depending on how many "quick changes" they throw in after you start. The PM will hear "an hour" and put it in the sprint. You'll be there in 11 months explaining why authentication "took longer than expected."

What Was Your First Project?

Gamedev Unity Programming

9 days ago 202.5K views 0 shares

Every aspiring game dev starts with "I'm just gonna make a simple platformer" and somehow ends up planning a massively multiplayer open-world FPS with crafting mechanics, procedural generation, ray-traced graphics, and a blockchain economy. Then reality hits harder than a null pointer exception. The emo Spider-Man sitting in the rain captures that exact moment when you realize your first game won't be the next GTA meets Minecraft meets Cyberpunk. Instead, you'll be lucky if you can get a cube to move without clipping through the floor. The ambition-to-skill ratio is truly unmatched in the gamedev world. Pro tip: Start with Pong. Then maybe Snake. Then we'll talk about your ultrarealistic MMO.

HTML For Babies

Webdev Programming Frontend

16 days ago 140.0K views 0 shares

When the job posting says "Entry-level position: 10 years experience required" you know they're expecting candidates who started coding in the womb. This baby gets it—gotta start learning HTML before you can even walk if you want to meet those absurd junior developer requirements. Nothing screams "reasonable expectations" quite like needing a decade of professional experience before your brain is fully developed. The tech hiring market is so wild that parents are probably adding "HTML for Babies" to their baby shower registries right next to the diapers. Start 'em young or they'll never land that $45k/year "senior" position at 22.

That Is What Every Developer's Story

Programming Devops Agile

19 days ago 142.7K views 3 shares

When your manager asks for "whatever you managed to finish," you know they've already accepted defeat. The bar is so low it's practically underground. The guy coding on a literal office chair strapped to a rickety cart in the middle of traffic is basically every developer trying to ship features with zero resources, impossible deadlines, and a tech stack held together by duct tape and prayer. The infrastructure is falling apart, there's no proper setup, but hey—at least you're moving forward, right? Peak project management: lowering expectations so much that simply surviving the sprint counts as a win. Ship it and pray the production servers don't catch fire. 🔥

Super SWE

Programming Frontend

22 days ago 262.6K views 0 shares

So you're telling me this "Super SWE" role wants someone who's done something remarkable, ships features before breakfast, has "undeniable proof-of-talent," believes in manifesting physical engineering futures, AND has built exceptional UIs... but LinkedIn can't even generate a job match summary because there's not enough information? Classic. The job requirements read like a tech bro's fever dream written at 3 AM after watching too many startup documentaries. "Go from 0 → 1 on an idea before breakfast" – buddy, I can barely go from 0 → 1 cup of coffee before breakfast. And "manifesting the future of physical engineering"? What is this, a software job or a TED talk audition? Over 100 people clicked apply though. Either everyone's delusional about their qualifications or we're all just that desperate for remote work. Probably both.

I Am The IT Department

AWS Devops React Git Kubernetes

29 days ago 347.6K views 0 shares

Oh honey, you sweet summer child recruiter. You think you're hiring ONE person? Bless your heart. You've basically listed the skill requirements for an entire Fortune 500 company's tech division and slapped "Full Stack Developer" on it like it's a cute little job title. Backend? Check. Frontend? Check. Three different databases because apparently one wasn't enough trauma? Check. The ENTIRE AWS ecosystem? Sure, why not! Oh and while we're at it, throw in system administration, containerization, orchestration, AND test-driven development because clearly this mythical unicorn developer has 47 hours in their day. The punchline hits different because it's TRUE. This isn't a job posting—it's a cry for help disguised as a LinkedIn post. They're not looking for a developer; they're looking for someone to BE the entire IT infrastructure while probably offering "competitive salary" (translation: $65k and unlimited coffee).

The Senior Devs Expectations Vs The Junior Devs Resources

Hardware Webdev Programming Frontend Backend

29 days ago 219.4K views 0 shares

The Senior Devs Expectations Vs The Junior Devs Resources

Oh, you want me to build a scalable microservices architecture with real-time data processing and machine learning capabilities? Sure thing, boss! Let me just fire up this laptop from 2012 that takes 15 minutes to boot and has 4GB of RAM that's already crying from running Slack and Chrome simultaneously. Senior devs really out here expecting you to pilot a Boeing 787 Dreamliner while handing you a tricycle with a basket. "Just make it work" they say, as if sheer willpower can compile code faster on a potato. Meanwhile, they're sitting on their MacBook Pros with 64GB of RAM complaining about how "slow" their builds are. The audacity of expecting enterprise-level performance from hardware that struggles to run VS Code without sounding like it's about to achieve liftoff is truly unmatched. But hey, at least the tricycle has a basket for your crushed dreams and cold coffee!

8.2 Billion Wishlists

Gamedev Algorithms Math Programming

1 month ago 275.2K views 0 shares

Game dev discovers the ancient marketing algorithm: if everyone you know wishlists your game, and everyone THEY know does the same, you'll achieve exponential growth until the entire planet owns your indie platformer. It's foolproof math, really. Just need your mom, her book club, their extended families, and approximately 8.2 billion strangers to click one button. The cat's expression perfectly captures that moment when you realize your "viral marketing strategy" requires solving a recursive function where the base case is "literally everyone on Earth." Fun fact: Steam wishlists actually DO help with visibility in their algorithm, but the platform has around 120 million active users, not 8.2 billion. So you'd need to convince every human, including uncontacted tribes and newborns, to create Steam accounts first. Priorities.

Christmas Gift

Debugging Programming Testing

1 month ago 202.4K views 1 shares

Santa really said "BE REALISTIC" and then proceeded to ask the most DEVASTATING follow-up question in the history of Christmas wishes. Kid wants a dragon? Sure, let's talk specs! Bug-free, well-documented, AND readable code? In the SAME codebase? Might as well ask for a unicorn that poops gold while you're at it. The punchline hits different when you realize the kid's answer of "green" is probably the ONLY realistic requirement in this entire conversation. At least dragons come in green. Bug-free code? That's pure fantasy, my friend. Santa's out here teaching harsh life lessons about software development one Christmas at a time.

When You Ask Viewers For Products/Features Ideas

Gamedev Agile Programming

1 month ago 325.0K views 0 shares

When You Ask Viewers For Products/Features Ideas

So you thought crowdsourcing feature requests would be a great idea. You opened the floodgates, asked your community what they wanted, and now you're staring at "just add real-time multiplayer with blockchain integration and AI-powered NPCs that learn from player behavior." Meanwhile, your actual game is a 2D platformer you built in two weeks. The scope creep boss has entered the chat, and it's wielding a sword made of unrealistic expectations and zero understanding of development time. Your poor little game never stood a chance against the eldritch horror of feature requests that would require a AAA studio budget and three years of crunch.

Time Traveler Spotted

AI Webdev Programming Debugging Frontend

1 month ago 343.4K views 0 shares

Someone's trying to communicate with their computer like it's 2045 and AI has taken over web development. They're literally asking their machine to build a responsive website with big pictures, custom fonts, fancy menus with "whooosh" animations, and fast load times—all in plain English. Then signs off with "Thanks, Human" like they're the robot giving orders. The "PS no bugs :)" is chef's kiss. Yeah buddy, just tell the computer "no bugs" and they'll magically disappear. If only it worked that way. We've been trying that with our code reviews for decades. Either this person is from the future where AI does everything, or they're a client who thinks programming works like ordering at a drive-thru. Spoiler: it's probably the latter.

Also In My Bank Account 😁

AI Programming Debugging

1 month ago 345.7K views 0 shares

The classic "ChatGPT will make me rich" delusion meets reality. Someone asks their AI overlord to generate a million-dollar app with zero bugs, and you can practically see the existential crisis unfolding in real-time as they realize the output is... less than stellar. The contradiction is chef's kiss: "make me an app that makes $1M/month" + "don't make any mistakes" = asking AI to solve problems that actual billion-dollar companies with armies of engineers still can't crack. Meanwhile, ChatGPT probably just generated a todo list app with hardcoded credentials and SQL injection vulnerabilities. If getting rich was as easy as typing a prompt, we'd all be retired on a beach somewhere instead of debugging production at 3 AM. But hey, at least the AI-generated code compiles... sometimes.

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