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The true family business - legacy COBOL code! Someone's friend just inherited a codebase last touched by mom in the 90s, while the reply cleverly points out this isn't the kind of inheritance pattern they teach in CS class. Nothing says job security like maintaining 30-year-old code written by your actual parent. The family that codes together, stays locked in maintenance hell together. If your resume says "COBOL" in 2023, banks are already throwing money at you while sobbing uncontrollably.

This meme perfectly captures the sheer terror of debugging in production. Just like this madman fixing an airplane engine while it's flying , developers often find themselves frantically patching critical bugs on live systems that can't be taken down. One wrong move and the whole thing crashes spectacularly! The difference? The plane mechanic only risks his life once, while developers experience this heart-stopping anxiety multiple times per sprint. And management still wonders why we need more coffee.

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