Look, I’m not gonna lie—when people start throwing around terms like “subnetting,” “containerization,” or “multi-threaded asynchronous event loops,” I nod like I get it… then Google it in the bathroom five minutes later.
Because let’s be real:
I’m not the smartest dude in the room.
But I do show up like I’m trying to win an Olympic gold medal in “Effort.”
My Brain? Mid-tier. My Effort? Premium Subscription.
Some folks walk into a meeting and just radiate brilliance. They quote white papers. They draw diagrams. They solve things. Me? I’m still trying to remember if I saved that config file before rebooting the server.
But I try.
I try harder than a cat trying to understand a cucumber.
The Hustle is Real (And So Are the Facepalms)
Every time I finally understand something, it’s usually because I broke it first. Badly. Like “called IT support and lied about who did it” badly.
But that’s the secret sauce, isn’t it?
Mess up → fix it → pretend you always knew how → write a LinkedIn post about “lessons learned.”
I Don’t Compete With Geniuses — I Just Out-Google Them
You might know the answer off the top of your head.
Me? I know the exact Reddit thread where some guy named “router_daddy69” explained it with pictures and memes.
Work smarter? Nah. I work longer, louder, and with more caffeine than legally recommended.
Conclusion: The Try-Hard Champion
So no, I’m not the smartest dude in the room.
But I am the one who:
- Shows up early
- Stays late
- Asks weird questions
- Writes cheat sheets
- Crashes test environments “for learning purposes”
And one day?
One day, you will mistake me for the smartest guy in the room.
Because I’ll be the only one who read the documentation.
Twice.
While crying.
But still.