Nothing screams "I just discovered coding" like the complete transformation into a walking tech stereotype. One intro class and suddenly they're "dreaming in code," wearing Google hoodies, offering to "hack" things (which means opening inspect element), downloading every IDE known to mankind, plastering their laptop with framework stickers they've never used, and bombarding social media with screenshots of their first "Hello World." The digital equivalent of buying a guitar and immediately telling everyone you're in a band. Real developers just silently contemplate their existential dread while wondering why their code works.