Four years of studying sorting algorithms, computational complexity, and discrete mathematics... only to find yourself completely out of your element in a real-world codebase. That scuba gear in the desert perfectly captures the disconnect between academic theory and industry reality. You're equipped for an ocean of knowledge that simply doesn't exist where you've landed. Meanwhile, your new team casually mentions they need you to refactor a 10-year-old legacy system written by someone who apparently coded with their elbows. No data structure in your textbooks prepared you for that depth of technical debt.
It's Inevitable: The Great CS Degree Desert Expedition
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