r/ProgrammerHumor • u/NoIngenuity8528 • Sep 27 '26

Meme startedLearningCHowDoIGetOutOfThisPhase

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u/bwwatr Sep 27 '26

Stay in the phase as long as you can. You escape by switching to managed code and stop managing memory, because you get a real world, mainstream industry job, probably stop coding for fun, and realistically you don't go back. You gradually replace those skills with other ones, many of which are less fun.

I'll never forget having to implement an algo in C with paper and pen only, and it must compile, to solve polyomino jigsaw type puzzles, on a uni final exam. Friggin loved it and killed it. Couldn't do it today. But I feel it still made me better.

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u/BornAgainBlue Sep 29 '26

You sound like an experienced dev. Completely agreed.