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My -5% Dancing Skill
Somewhere on my site there's a skill bar that goes negative. This is the story of why.
Rhythm: Not Found (404)
If you've scrolled through my site's life skills section, you've probably seen it, dancing sitting at a confident -5%. That's not a joke stat I threw in for laughs. That's a documented, witnessed, deeply embarrassing fact about me.
I can debug a production incident at 2am without breaking a sweat. Put on a song at a wedding and ask me to move to the beat, and suddenly I'm the human embodiment of a merge conflict.
Accept that rhythm is not a skill that transfers from typing speed
Stop volunteering for garba circles
Let the DJ pick literally anyone else next time
Some bugs you fix. Some bugs you just accept are a permanent feature.
Honestly though, it's a good reminder not to take the whole 'tech lead' persona too seriously. I can architect a system for 35 apps and still lose to my own two left feet.
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