The Neat Part About Code Amnesia

Junior dev: "How do I remember what my code does?"

Senior dev: "That's the neat part. You don't."

The true mark of seniority isn't remembering your code—it's embracing the chaos. Documentation? Comments? Those are myths we tell bootcamp grads. Real developers just stare at their own code like it's written in ancient Sumerian and mutter "who wrote this garbage?" before realizing it was themselves, last Tuesday.