I Was There When It Was Written

Content What I say: I'm a software developer. What people hear: I can resolve any tech issue you have ever or will ever have on any machine that exists in this universe. What I mean: Sometimes I try to tell the computer to do something and I cry when it doesn't work.

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Content The old recruiter arranges the interview via Skype, so I assume that he's behind with technology and it will be easy He's an old school programmer and he wipes the floor with my face

Content Impostor Syndrome Superiority Complex Programmers

Oh sweet heavens, the AUDACITY of that innocent "quick question" that morphs into the NIGHTMARE of rebuilding the entire codebase from scratch! 😱 One minute you're happily sipping coffee, the next you're questioning every architectural decision you've made since 2015. Meanwhile, your brain is frantically running through all possible escape routes like a hamster on espresso. "Should I fake a power outage? Develop sudden amnesia? Or just silently contemplate how I ended up here while my soul leaves my body?" The existential crisis is REAL, folks!

The classic tech startup bait-and-switch! Some poor guy named Steve from Builder.io desperately trying to clarify "THIS IS A DIFFERENT COMPANY" while a satirical headline claims Builder.ai collapsed after revealing their "$1.5 BILLION AI UNICORN" was actually just... *checks notes*... Indian developers writing code manually. The irony is chef's-kiss perfect. Venture capitalists throwing billions at anything with ".ai" in the name while actual human programmers do the work behind the curtain. Meanwhile, Steve's just trying to enjoy his coffee without getting dragged into another company's PR nightmare because of domain name confusion. In 2023, just slap "AI" on your company name and watch the funding roll in! Who needs neural networks when you have perfectly good humans with keyboards?