Perception Vs Reality: The Programmer's Existential Crisis

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Perception Vs Reality: The Programmer's Existential Crisis

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The AUDACITY of non-programmers thinking we're all cool hackers typing at lightning speed! Meanwhile, the ACTUAL reality is just us staring into the void for hours, questioning our life choices and wondering why that semicolon is causing the entire universe to collapse. That intense contemplation face isn't us solving complex algorithms—it's us wondering if we should just become farmers instead. The furious typing isn't skill—it's pure desperation after finally figuring out why our code has been broken for three days straight (it was a typo).

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