[Verse 1]
Testing game in the factory
Show me minimum complexity
In a language that I never use
Have to do it now, I can't refuse

[Chorus]
I don't wanna be here, how 'bout you?
We just know we both are tellin' truths
Find somebody else to interview
We don't wanna talk about it

[Verse 2]
Tell me every parallelism
Everything in multithreading
Also skeletons in our closet
Don't forget about the mutex

[Chorus]
I don't wanna be here, how 'bout you?
We just know we both are tellin' truths
Find somebody else to interview
We don't wanna talk about it

[Bridge]
Coding for nothing
You're coding for nothing and I'm so proud of you
But coding for nothing
Coding for nothing
Coding for nothing

[Chorus]
Find somebody else to interview
We just know we both are tellin' truths
I don't wanna be here, how 'bout you?
We don't wanna talk about it

I don't wanna be here, how 'bout you?
I don't wanna be here, how 'bout you?
I don't wanna be here, how 'bout you?

[Verse 1]
Clock is ticking, test begins
Solve this problem—what's the spin?
Write it fast, no extra space
Binary trees all in my face

[Chorus]
I don’t wanna be here, how ‘bout you?
We both know there's better things to do
Find somebody else to interview
We don't wanna talk about it

[Verse 2]
Explain recursion, optimize
O(n log n) or be denied
Can’t divide? Just conquer, fool
Oh wait, forgot the edge case rules

[Chorus]
I don’t wanna be here, how ‘bout you?
We both know there's better things to do
Find somebody else to interview
We don't wanna talk about it

[Bridge]
Coding for nothing
Looping for nothing
This ain't the dream we signed up for
Coding for nothing
Sorting for nothing
Still won’t get past HR’s door

[Chorus]
I don’t wanna be here, how ‘bout you?
We both know there's better things to do
Find somebody else to interview
We don't wanna talk about it

[Verse]
Look at them devs, that's the way you do it!
You take a test just to get a job!
A hundred LeetCode, system design live call
Ain't seen a penny, still working hard!

[Verse 2]
I shoulda been a recruiter, man,
Talkin' 'bout "culture" and "our big plan."
Just sendin' emails, postin' on LinkedIn,
While devs grind tests just to get in.

[Chorus]
Coding for nothing, tests for free
Buggy requirements? That's on me!
Coding for nothing, tests for free
All these take-homes, why they gotta be?

[Verse 3]
Now that ain't workin', that's how they do it
A five-hour project, no pay to prove it.
Then a system design call at 8 AM,
With five architects, gonna grill you again!

[Verse 4]
We just need a ninja, hacker type!
Microservices, yeah, scale it right!
Write me a script in Assembly too
Oh, and by the way, we pay real shrewd!

[Chorus]
Coding for nothing, tests for free
CI is broken? Blame QA!
Coding for nothing, tests for free
But still no offer, just NDA!

[Verse 5]
I hear the CTO just shipped to prod,
Pushed straight to main, no tests at all!
While I do take-homes, code and deploy,
They keep saying, "We'll call you back, boy!"
                                

[Verse]
I got my laptop at the ready
Fingers tapping keys all night
Stack Overflow is steady
But the test ain't feelin' right

[Verse 2]
Managers in their suits
Watching over in disdain
While I'm stuck in endless loops
Trying to debug this pain

[Chorus]
Coding for nothing
Tests for free
Why do they keep on bugging
Just let me code in peace

[Verse 3]
Hey that recruiter looks so smug
Waving offers in my face
All I need is one big hug
To solve this last database

[Bridge]
They say just solve for n
But it's more than I can bear
They think we can just pretend
But real code's more than air

[Chorus]
Coding for nothing
Tests for free
Why do they keep on bugging
Just let me code in peace






                

[Verse 1]
Scrum meeting, stand up, no one stands
PM talks, no one understands
JIRA tickets pile up high
Velocity's low but don’t ask why

[Verse 2]
CEO read some blog last night
Now we’re pivoting—what a sight!
Microservices? Nah, monolith’s back
Rewrite it all, then throw it in Slack

[Chorus]
Agile dreams, waterfall schemes
Tech debt grows like cancer genes
They say "move fast, break everything"
But my burnout’s the only thing shipping

[Verse 3]
Interview panel, seven rounds
Design patterns? Show me now!
Explain CAP, then live-code too
Hey, can you also debug Vue?

[Bridge]
Ship it now, roll it back
Blame the devs, fire in Slack
CICD is DOA
Who needs tests anyway?

[Chorus]
Agile dreams, waterfall schemes
Tech debt grows like cancer genes
They say "move fast, break everything"
But my burnout’s the only thing shipping

[Outro]
They said we’re agile, now we’re not
Sprint’s extended, scope is shot
If you’re coding for nothing, just sing along
We’ll all get laid off before too long!

[Verse 1]
I wrote my code, clean and neat
But the CTO wants more speed
"Use a hash table!" they said with pride
Then we’re out of memory, we can’t hide

[Verse 2]
They asked for multi-threading today
But the race condition’s in the way
Database sharded? It’s all a joke
One misstep and the whole thing broke

[Chorus]
Optimized disaster, runnin’ out of time
I’m tuning this code, but I’m losing my mind
We cut every corner, now we’re in a bind
Can’t escape the tech debt—no one’s been kind

[Verse 3]
"Refactor the monolith," they say with a grin
But there’s no time to breathe, let alone win
Use an ORM to speed it up
But now the queries are stuck in a loop

[Bridge]
They say "just scale it, no big deal"
Cloud costs rising, tell me what's real?
Kubernetes clusters crash at night
But hey, at least it looks like we're doing it right!

[Chorus]
Optimized disaster, runnin’ out of time
I’m tuning this code, but I’m losing my mind
We cut every corner, now we’re in a bind
Can’t escape the tech debt—no one’s been kind

[Verse 4]
GitHub’s full of “performance” PRs
But these changes leave us with scars
Deploy to prod with no rollback plan
And now the site’s down—oh, what a jam!

[Chorus]
Optimized disaster, runnin’ out of time
I’m tuning this code, but I’m losing my mind
We cut every corner, now we’re in a bind
Can’t escape the tech debt—no one’s been kind

[Outro]
Performance tuning, optimizing dreams
But now we’re stuck in endless streams
Refactor, debug, it's all a haze
"Optimal" code? Just give up, it’s a phase!

[Verse 1]
Scrum meeting, stand up, no one stands
PM talks, no one understands
JIRA tickets pile up high
Velocity's low but don’t ask why

[Verse 2]
CEO read some blog last night
Now we’re pivoting—what a sight!
Microservices? Nah, monolith’s back
Rewrite it all, then throw it in Slack

[Chorus]
Agile dreams, waterfall schemes
Tech debt grows like cancer genes
They say "move fast, break everything"
But my burnout’s the only thing shipping

[Verse 3]
Interview panel, seven rounds
Design patterns? Show me now!
Explain CAP, then live-code too
Hey, can you also debug Vue?

[Bridge]
Ship it now, roll it back
Blame the devs, fire in Slack
CICD is DOA
Who needs tests anyway?

[Chorus]
Agile dreams, waterfall schemes
Tech debt grows like cancer genes
They say "move fast, break everything"
But my burnout’s the only thing shipping

[Outro]
They said we’re agile, now we’re not
Sprint’s extended, scope is shot
If you’re coding for nothing, just sing along
We’ll all get laid off before too long!

[Verse 1]
I wrote my code, clean and neat
But the CTO wants more speed
"Use a hash table!" they said with pride
Then we’re out of memory, we can’t hide

[Verse 2]
They asked for multi-threading today
But the race condition’s in the way
Database sharded? It’s all a joke
One misstep and the whole thing broke

[Chorus]
Optimized disaster, runnin’ out of time
I’m tuning this code, but I’m losing my mind
We cut every corner, now we’re in a bind
Can’t escape the tech debt—no one’s been kind

[Verse 3]
"Refactor the monolith," they say with a grin
But there’s no time to breathe, let alone win
Use an ORM to speed it up
But now the queries are stuck in a loop

[Bridge]
They say "just scale it, no big deal"
Cloud costs rising, tell me what's real?
Kubernetes clusters crash at night
But hey, at least it looks like we're doing it right!

[Chorus]
Optimized disaster, runnin’ out of time
I’m tuning this code, but I’m losing my mind
We cut every corner, now we’re in a bind
Can’t escape the tech debt—no one’s been kind

[Verse 4]
GitHub’s full of “performance” PRs
But these changes leave us with scars
Deploy to prod with no rollback plan
And now the site’s down—oh, what a jam!

[Chorus]
Optimized disaster, runnin’ out of time
I’m tuning this code, but I’m losing my mind
We cut every corner, now we’re in a bind
Can’t escape the tech debt—no one’s been kind

[Outro]
Performance tuning, optimizing dreams
But now we’re stuck in endless streams
Refactor, debug, it's all a haze
"Optimal" code? Just give up, it’s a phase!

[Verse 1]
Monday morning, check my PR
Senior’s waiting, won’t get far
Code review’s a battlefield
Time to see what pain is real

[Verse 2]
"Why’d you use a for-loop here?"
"Indentation? Looks unclear!"
"This variable’s got the wrong vibe!"
"Rewrite the whole thing—no reply!"

[Chorus]
Merge conflict blues, I’m stuck again
PR’s on hold, no clue when
Every line’s a war I lose
Drowning in the merge conflict blues

[Verse 3]
Senior’s typing, here we go
"Just refactor!"—yeah, I know!
But the ticket said to move it fast
Now I’m rewriting—won’t be the last!

[Bridge]
Squash my commits, delete my soul
Rebase until I lose control
CI’s failing? Not my fault!
Oh wait—it’s my fault.

[Chorus]
Merge conflict blues, I’m stuck again
PR’s on hold, no clue when
Every line’s a war I lose
Drowning in the merge conflict blues

[Verse 4]
Finally merged—oh, what a sight
One week late, but that’s alright
Senior nods, then walks away
"Fix it later,"—what’d he say?!

[Outro]
JIRA’s screaming, new PR’s due
Code reviews won’t let me through
One day I’ll escape this grind
Until then, I’ll push—and pray this time!

    [Verse 1]
    Monday morning, check my PR
    Senior’s waiting, won’t get far
    Code review’s a battlefield
    Time to see what pain is real

    [Verse 2]
    "Why’d you use a for-loop here?"
    "Indentation? Looks unclear!"
    "This variable’s got the wrong vibe!"
    "Rewrite the whole thing—no reply!"

    [Chorus]
    Merge conflict blues, I’m stuck again
    PR’s on hold, no clue when
    Every line’s a war I lose
    Drowning in the merge conflict blues

    [Verse 3]
    Senior’s typing, here we go
    "Just refactor!"—yeah, I know!
    But the ticket said to move it fast
    Now I’m rewriting—won’t be the last!

    [Bridge]
    Squash my commits, delete my soul
    Rebase until I lose control
    CI’s failing? Not my fault!
    Oh wait—it’s my fault.

    [Chorus]
    Merge conflict blues, I’m stuck again
    PR’s on hold, no clue when
    Every line’s a war I lose
    Drowning in the merge conflict blues

    [Verse 4]
    Finally merged—oh, what a sight
    One week late, but that’s alright
    Senior nods, then walks away
    "Fix it later,"—what’d he say?!

    [Outro]
    JIRA’s screaming, new PR’s due
    Code reviews won’t let me through
    One day I’ll escape this grind
    Until then, I’ll push—and pray this time!