What Genre of Developer Are You?

Don’t we love labels? frontend, backend, full-stack, mobile, DevOps. They’re useful, sure. But they don’t really capture how we feel when we build things. Anyone who’s been in this field long enough knows that development is less like a single job title and more like a genre playlist. Some days you’re deep in a depressing mystery. Other days, still full-blown depressing mystery.

So let’s try a different question: what genre of developer are you?

1. The Stack Overflower

Why struggle when someone already answered it in 2016?

Error → Google → Stack Overflow → copy → paste → done.

Understanding is optional. Green check marks are forever.

2. The “Copy Entire Error Log and Paste It into ChatGPT”

Maximum context. Zero shame.

You don’t summarize. You select all.

Terminal output, stack traces, warnings, and that one terrifying line in all caps , straight into ChatGPT with:

“Help me solve this now!”

3. The Forever Impostor (Yes, Even as a Senior)

“How am I still employed?”

You’ve got experience. People trust you. You’re still convinced you’re one question away from being exposed.

You Google things you’ve “known” for years and hope no one sees your browser history.

4. The “Ignore IT” Professional

Compliance is a suggestion.

You’ve received emails about unlicensed software. You’ve read them. You’ve mentally acknowledged them.

You have not deleted anything.

That tool is essential. IT just doesn’t understand the business.

5. The Bug Doesn’t Exist Until There’s a Ticket

If it’s not tracked, it’s not real.

You see a bug while clearing up another bug. You actually did not see it.

Until a ticket exists, the bug is a rumor.

You’re not avoiding work. You’re protecting your sanity and the process.

6. The “It Works on My Machine” Defender

Local success, global confusion.

You tested it. It worked. End of story.

Why it fails everywhere else is a mystery you are emotionally unprepared to solve.

So… Which One Are You?