Any recent job hunt success stories from SWE’s that kind of suck? /u/ForsookComparison CSCQ protests reddit

I know that cracked Leetcode maniacs will probably land a job and we see those “road to success” posts all the time.

I want to hear about the truly “mid” devs. People whose magnum opus is a few daemons away from a CRUD app, who can nail the right LC Medium only if their coffee was made right that morning, who stutter on morning standups, who need VS-Code to do Git and think that Kubernetes is the name of the Apple headquarters.

I want to hear a success story from 2024-2025 from someone that everyone would otherwise discount as a ZIRP hire.

I know that cracked Leetcode maniacs will probably land a job and we see those “road to success” posts all the time.

I want to hear about the truly “mid” devs. People whose magnum opus is a few daemons away from a CRUD app, who can nail the right LC Medium only if their coffee was made right that morning, who stutter on morning standups, who need VS-Code to do Git and think that Kubernetes is the name of the Apple headquarters.

I want to hear a success story from 2024-2025 from someone that everyone would otherwise discount as a ZIRP hire.