It Sounded Better In My Head

The expectation vs. reality of coding is brutal. In your head, you're Captain Jack Sparrow - swashbuckling through elegant algorithms, conquering complex problems with panache. Then your fingers hit the keyboard and suddenly you're the bootleg knockoff version, struggling to remember basic syntax while Stack Overflow becomes your only friend. The transformation from imagined coding genius to "why won't this compile?" happens faster than you can say "missing semicolon."