Impostor Syndrome: Wizard Edition

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Impostor Syndrome: Wizard Edition

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When your coworker describes their code with fancy buzzwords to make their basic CRUD app sound like arcane sorcery. The classic "npm install" vs "summoning ethereal dependencies from the void" energy. Every standup has that one developer who can't just say "I fixed a bug" without making it sound like they reversed entropy in the universe. Meanwhile, their GitHub commits are just "updated readme" and "fixed typo".

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