The Emotional Decay Function Of CS Education

The evolution of a CS student's mental state is brutally accurate. Year 1: Blissful ignorance with "Hello World" programs. Year 2: The facade of confidence crumbles when data structures and operating systems enter the chat. Year 3: Complete emotional collapse as the realization sets in that you've voluntarily signed up for a lifetime of Stack Overflow dependency and existential errors. The trajectory from "I can code anything!" to "I've made a terrible mistake" happens faster than a poorly optimized O(n²) algorithm.