If you write code for a living - and especially if you're relatively early in your career and are dealing with imposter syndrome - do I have a story for you.
For context, I've been writing code for a very long time. I was playing with the VIC 20 my dad bought when I was 6 or 7 years old.
Anyway, a feature that we have turned off in our testing environment suddenly started running, breaking several automated tests. After it wasn't quickly resolved I went to dig into it, because it was a feature I had originally implemented.
I was completely stumped. So on a team call I shared my screen to show where the issue was. And someone pointed out that the code on my screen didn't look like what they were seeing.
The problem? I've been working recently in another codebase and, when I went to investigate this error, I didn't do a `git pull`.
So yes, I've been banging on keyboards for over 40 years. I've been paid to bang on a keyboard for 30. And I make stupid mistakes in front of everyone.
So, friend, you're doing fine.
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