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I know I'm getting older, because people's conversations sound like this:
Have you seen Schenley, it's streaming in Smoob, but if you don't have Smoob, you can PowerWerk it on Placebu.
We used to do intake through Franangle, but we're switching to PLOOP, but it doesn't have chat, so we are having to add Blamama XD!
In Celebrity News, Bargain Bin Ted, is now engaged to Dierks, just in time for the opening of their bar/sleep monstrosity Smooth Brain.
As a "greybeard" software developer who's paid to stay current on technology, I can't tell you how hard I want to roll my eyes at breathless product announcements like:
"It's Farbigast but written in Smoogle!"
Please, for the love of all that's holy tell me what.it.does and why in Buddha's name I should care that you've now built it with/for Smoogle. I beg you.
#FBPE @PixelJones @RickiTarr Don't worry, just ignore it for a few years and it'll go away.
Or... it'll turn out that every AI resume screener will expect Smoogle skills b/c Silicon Valley has decided it is the new hotness.
I swear sometimes Tech Bros are as faddish as characters from The Devil Wears Prada, alternatively cooing over or gagging at meaningless differences in tech "fashions" but taking themselves very seriously.
@PixelJones @RickiTarr Yeah, that's all part of "screeners", whether automated or human, whether at the agency or in the HR department, apparently existing for the sole purpose of disrupting any chance of useful communication between the candidate and the hiring manager.
(Having seen it from both sides.)
Fellow grey beard software guy.
So much this.
What's even "better" is when you go to the website to figure out what it does, and still can't tell, as their "solutions" just reads like yet more MadLibs (remember those?) with further made up words and acronyms.
ZefroMax! The leader in frobnosticating your frammistan - for maximum profit!
@pseudonym @RickiTarr
Totally! Breathless buzzword bingo isn't a substitute for substance. Empty calories.
Oh, here's another greybeard pet peeve: Yet another "simple, minimalist" framework. Sure, it can generate an AI-connected to do list w/ voice-recognition in a single command-line but requires you first install 14 packages & edit 3 config files & interpret 20 pages of jargon on 5 websites to get to "simple."
To quote Princess Bride, "I don't think that word means what you think it does."
I always want to be like the "Bobs" in Office Space.
What exactly is it you'd say you do here?