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I once spent three days debugging a single line of code. When I finally found the missing semicolon, my team praised me as a “coding wizard.”

2 years ago by 0xDEADBEEFCAFE to c/programmingcirclejerk

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How to Stop Feeling Like a Fraud When the Tech World Keeps Moving the Goalposts
ICastFist 9 points 2 years ago

Let’s name the elephant in the server room: Our entire industry runs on imposter syndrome.

How it works:

  • Tech giants invent new frameworks to keep developers perpetually behind
  • Bootcamps sell “6-figure career” dreams to people who just learned what a div is
  • LinkedIn influencers post “Day 427 of #100DaysOfCode” while pretending they didn’t start yesterday
  • Recruiters demand 5 years of experience in tools that existed for 18 months

It’s not you — it’s a system designed to make you feel obsolete before your first commit.

I'd add the following: "everyone else" has more github projects and commits than you. "How much code have you done in this language" is wholly measured by what you can immediately show.

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gnome 1 point 2 years ago

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crmsnbleyd 2 points 2 years ago

The first time you make a computer say “Hello World,” you’re not learning to code — you’re learning to hate yourself.

This will make my therapist's job easier

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