Lies, I Was Promised Lies

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Lies, I Was Promised Lies

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The greatest bait-and-switch in history wasn't cryptocurrency—it was the programming career brochure. They showed us glamorous people in sleek environments writing elegant code, but forgot to mention the reality: unwashed hair, Mountain Dew at 3 AM, and debugging someone else's spaghetti code while questioning your life choices. The only six-pack in programming is the energy drinks keeping your bloodstream caffeinated enough to find that missing semicolon. Universities really should be sued for false advertising!

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