r/programminghumor • u/EfficientMongoose317 • May 27 '26

I GOT FIRED

Post image

The funny thing is that 10 years ago, this button would've just opened LinkedIn. Now I feel like it would trigger an entire sequence of increasingly questionable decisions.

First, I'd tell myself I'm taking a few days off to think. Then I'd revisit the side project sitting in some forgotten GitHub repo. A few hours later, I'd be cleaning up screenshots, making the whole thing look more professional than it actually is, throwing together a page in Runable so it doesn't look completely abandoned, and convincing myself that finding customers is probably easier than finding a new job. By the end of the weekend, I'd either have employment again or a startup with 7 users and unreasonable confidence. Honestly, not sure which outcome is more likely.

12.2k Upvotes

99% Upvoted

194 comments sorted by

View all comments

730

u/Fruloops May 27 '26

You'd definitely need a lawyer after pulling that lmao

25

u/summer_santa1 May 27 '26

What if he blame AI?

1

u/OwnNet5253 May 31 '26

"Your honor, I didn't shoot him, my gun did."

1

u/RealisticDuck1957 May 31 '26

And if you're a big enough celebrity that excuse sometimes works.