States Of Every Programmer

The eternal struggle between tech-savvy developers and clueless relatives who think CSS is an actual degree. Nothing quite like your uncle bragging about his nephew's "CSS degree" while the poor kid probably just watched a 3-hour YouTube tutorial on flexbox. The look of silent disappointment in that last panel is the same face developers make when someone asks them to "just make a quick website" for free because "it's just typing, right?"

Ah, the chaotic symphony of pair programming! Your brain is busy boiling eggs in one corner, your hands are frantically setting a different burner on fire, and your dignity is just a sad yolk slowly cooking on yet another burner. Meanwhile, your audience is watching this culinary disaster unfold in real-time, silently judging your "expertise." It's that magical moment when you suddenly forget how to write a for-loop and start questioning if semicolons were ever real. The cognitive equivalent of trying to cook a five-course meal while someone watches you struggle to boil water.

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Content Replace a semicolon (;) with a greek question mark (;) in your friend's JavaScript and watch them pull their hair out over the syntax error. STARECAT.COM

Content Programming Wisdom CodeWisdom "Theory is when you know something, but it doesn't work. Practice is when something works, but you don't know why. Programmers combine theory and practice: Nothing works and they don't know why." - Unknown 8:04 PM Feb 23, 2018

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