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When a junior dev joins the team (lemmy.ml)
submitted 3 days ago by cm0002@libretechni.ca to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev
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[–] RickyRigatoni@retrolemmy.com 30 points 3 days ago

It's really not that hard to wash your balls.

[–] Zachariah@lemmy.world 27 points 3 days ago (1 children)

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[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 21 points 3 days ago (1 children)

So full of hope and dreams.

Either you will suck at your job and quit to go do something else. Or you get it, and your soul will be slowly crushed under the weight of constant frustration and disappointment.

[–] Supercrunchy@programming.dev 19 points 3 days ago

The worst is when you get promoted, and people start to recognize you as an expert. At that point you realize how everybody is sort of winging it, including the people in all other professions that you'd really prefer not to (doctors, pilots, politicians ...).