The Fundamental Problem With This Industry

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Content Them: "Al is going to take over the world and kill us" Meanwhile Al: Obama codehub.

Content UNLUCKY FELLA Logical error Runtime error Semantic error Compiler Syntax error Compiler SRGRAFO

Content JOBS REQUIREMENTS THE JOB INTERVIEW INVERT A BINARY TREE ON THIS WHITEBOARD. THE JOB MAKE THE BUTTON BIGGER! BUY

Content What I say: I'm a computer science major. What people hear: I can resolve any tech issue you have ever or will ever have on any machine that exists in this universe. I am jacked into the Matrix at all times. I am the IT god. Look upon me and despair. What I mean: Sometimes I try to tell the computer to do something and I cry when it doesn't work.

Oh, the classic "I'll definitely use getters and setters properly this time" delusion! Every developer swears they'll implement proper encapsulation, then 10 years later realizes they've written exactly zero getters that actually do anything besides return value; . We all pretend we're writing enterprise-grade code that might need validation later, but deep down we know we're just adding extra keystrokes to feel professional. The angry face at the end is just perfect - nothing triggers developer rage quite like being confronted with our own coding hypocrisy.