im a software engineer. i grinded through data structures and algorithms, learned about compilers, computer architecture, and read stack overflow posts at 3am. i interned at tech companies and learned about how the work gets done in industry. im a software engineer. abstractions, code reviews, customers, systems, debugging, test cases. needed a better job so i did leetcode. faang rest and vest. pip and layoffs. promos and onsites. im a software engineer. i talk to claude more than my coworkers. claude can write code better than me. i manage git trees and keep agents on track. i forgot why we cared about type safety and my company is leaning out. im a software engineer. the code works the tests pass and and and the customers are happy the tokens brrrr my paycheck still clears the refactors are clean the ideas keep coming the codebase grows we dont stop because claude works and i watch claude works and i watch im a software engineer