The Secret Developer Pipeline

The stereotype has officially achieved boss-level status. After 15 years in the industry, I've watched countless devs disappear into the coding void only to emerge with new GitHub profiles and anime avatars. The pipeline from "I'll just fix this one bug" to "3AM coding sessions fueled by energy drinks while questioning existence" is basically industry standard at this point. Your IDE becomes your personality and your commit history your social life. The real secret gender is clearly "programmer with 27 unfinished side projects."