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The meme contrasts an enthusiastic self-view of a startup's potential (left) with harsh self-doubt (right), represented by a metronome ticking between extremes to show how founders often oscillate between optimism and pessimism about their ideas.

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Meme comparing designers and programmers. Under “Designers,” one says “Look, we have similar ideas,” while the other angrily replies “No! You stole my idea.” Under “Programmers,” one says “Man, I stole your code,” and the other calmly replies “It’s not my code.”
Two-panel meme showing a soldier aiming a weapon labeled “Good idea for an app,” while “Me” stands in the line of fire. In the second panel, a tank labeled “Procrastination” appears as the real threat.
A beach wedding scene: A bride in a white dress labeled 'Job' and groom in a suit labeled 'Programmer' stand together, while a shirtless man in black swim trunks labeled 'Side Project' walks out of the ocean toward them.
A two-panel Elmo meme where “ME” is shown between “TEST BEFORE DEPLOY” and “DEPLOY AND PRAY.” In the second panel, Elmo has collapsed face-first into “DEPLOY AND PRAY,” implying the developer gave in to reckless deployment.
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