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  "publishedAt": "2026-02-25T16:39:48.000Z",
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  "textContent": "submitted by reabsorbthelight to cs_career_questions\n8 points | 7 comments\n\nI feel like most of my work has been wasted throughout my career.\n\nIn my 10 years, I can look back and I think maybe 3 years of my work still exists today. A couple companies are not defunct. A couple projects were literally cut from under me.\n\nIs this normal? Do most software engineers end up having a ton of their work wasted?",
  "title": "Pointless coding for the void"
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