Software Engineer morning routine (American Psycho Parody)

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If American Psycho was about programmers... A parody of Patrick Bateman's morning routine from American Psycho, if he were a Software Engineer working at FAANG.
My name is Patrick Wang. I'm 24 years old. I believe in taking care of myself,
in a balanced diet, in a rigorous exercise routine.
In the morning if my face is a little puffy from staying up last night fixing bugs in production,
I'll put on an ice pack while doing my wrist curls. I do this to prevent carpal tunnel syndrome.
I can do a thousand now. After I remove the ice pack I use a deep pore cleanser lotion.
In the shower I use a five-in-one body wash. This saves me time in the morning so I can get
straight to work. Then I put on a Valentino shirt, light blue. I have a choice of full,
half and gilet fleeces. Today it's a Cinchilla Patagonia fleece. Stonewash,
then semi-rimless Oliver Peoples glasses, jet black. I then put in my AirPod Pros to listen
to some lo-fi beats while I prepare the rest of my routine. I always solve the daily Leeko
challenge first time, beating 100% of the submissions and I never look at the solutions.
Then I check Stack Overflow for any new questions that catch my eye and are worth my time writing
an answer for. There is an idea of a Patrick Nguyen, some kind of abstraction, but there is no
real me and though I can hide my cold gaze and maybe you can even sense our lifestyles are
probably comparable, working the same nine-to-five at the same fan company, sharing the same senior
engineer title, I simply am not there.
