The Struggle Is Real

The holy trinity of developer misery, perfectly captured in three identical facepalms. Having a job means dealing with legacy code, pointless meetings, and that one coworker who still uses Internet Explorer. Not having a job means existential dread and your bank account slowly approaching zero. And searching for a job? That's where you get to experience the joy of being ghosted by recruiters, doing unpaid "take-home assignments" that take 20 hours, and being rejected for entry-level positions that require 5 years of experience in a framework that came out 2 years ago.

The real kicker? All three states produce the exact same level of suffering. It's like choosing between three different flavors of pain. Welcome to the tech industry, where the grass is always equally dead on every side of the fence.