Damned If You Do, Damned If You Code

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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.

The thousand-yard stare says it all. Behind every "self-taught developer" is just an endless cycle of desperate Google searches, Stack Overflow copy-pasting, and that moment when your code finally works but you're not entirely sure why. The traumatic flashbacks of 3 AM debugging sessions where you've gone from "I'll just fix this one bug" to questioning your entire career choice. That wide-eyed expression isn't excitement—it's the permanent mark left by staring into the void of documentation that somehow explains everything except the exact problem you're having.

GitHub's password deprecation strategy is like a villain in a noir film. "Please enter your password... ah yes, thank you. By the way, passwords are dead to me now. Generate a token instead." The classic bait-and-switch executed with all the subtlety of a ransomware notification. Nothing says "we care about security" quite like making you use an outdated authentication method before telling you it's outdated.

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