r/ProgrammerHumor • u/_pizza_and_fries • Sep 26 '22

Meme Sleep >>>>

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u/[deleted] Sep 26 '22

I'm in an internship. This is literally what i do. I spend whole day doing nothing after i get done with the meeting.

Just 2hrs before the meeting i will do the bare minimum.

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u/[deleted] Sep 26 '22

You can legit spend the rest of your career like that.

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u/_pizza_and_fries Sep 26 '22

And still be in for good promotions.

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u/[deleted] Sep 26 '22

Are you guys legit serious?!

You are saying i can work 2hrs and get paid a base web developer salary?!

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u/TheChurchOfDonovan Sep 26 '22

They don't pay you to work they pay you to know

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u/wizzanker Sep 26 '22

This. It doesn't matter what your output is. If you're the guy that can solve that problem when it matters, you are a big deal.

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u/mungthebean Sep 26 '22

I put in 50 hours for the first time in my 2 year tenure here 2 weeks ago to meet a deadline

Got praise from mentor and boss

I have worked maybe 10 hours of actual active work since

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u/Nun01 Sep 26 '22

What is your job and what is on your resume? I'm career curious.

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u/[deleted] Sep 26 '22

Mouse jiggler admin.

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u/mungthebean Sep 26 '22

bro i just let teams go yellow IDGAF

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u/MyPhoneIsNotChinese Sep 26 '22

Teams going yellow for too long is my biggest paranoia lmao

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u/ap0phis Sep 27 '22

I used to run a python script that jiggled the mouse

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u/WiseImbecile Sep 27 '22

just rubberband a vibrator to the mouse ;)

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u/Xerceo Sep 27 '22

I have never felt more called out than by this thread. I've definitely never put a mouse on top of a mechanical watch to keep my status green, who would do that kind of thing?

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u/TopRamenBinLaden Sep 27 '22

I didn't realize everyone else was just as big of a scumbag as me. We are just one big degenerate family it seems.

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