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> 10% of respondents self-identified as Ninjas. Real ninjas don’t tell you they’re ninjas. They just sneak up on you and slit your throat, which generally const

> 10% of respondents self-identified as Ninjas. Real ninjas don’t tell you they’re ninjas. They just sneak up on you and slit your throat, which generally constitutes "hostile workplace environment." Ah, good wit. Very nice write up!

agentgt 11y ago
My company makes recruiting software so I talk and deal with many recruiters. I have to say I severely cringe every time a recruiter says "Rockstar" or "Ninja" (in a job description or ask if I am one). Just imagine using those terms for a talented medical doctor or lawyer. "Microservice" is quickly becoming another new recruiting term that I am beginning to despise. At least "agile" is mostly dead... mostly... Speaking of which what ever happened to "Scotty", "Rocket scientist" or "Macgyver" (those were the sexy euphemisms back when I started software dev). They were far more apropo.
- sciurus 11y ago
  Maybe we've just replaced "agile" with "devops".
  - SideburnsOfDoom 11y ago
    I have heard a candidate for a software engineer position talk with straight face about his current workplace's "devops team" and handing off software to them. So maybe it's getting that way.
    - jedberg 11y ago
      If this were reddit this is where I would post a "The force doesn't work that way!" memes. I can't stand it when people ask about a "devops team". That's not devops then! That just means your sysadmins can code too. Now, if they are asking about a devops software team, that's a different story.
      - SideburnsOfDoom 11y ago
        Yep. What it means is like "agile" did, it's reaching the "old wine in a new bottle" stage, with less actual hard work of changing the way people work for the better, and more easy slapping a new trendy label on existing practices.
- jghn 11y ago
  If I see a job ad, hear from a recruiter or whatever which uses either rockstar or ninja, or anything along those lines I immediately stop listening/reading.

agentgt 11y ago

My company makes recruiting software so I talk and deal with many recruiters. I have to say I severely cringe every time a recruiter says "Rockstar" or "Ninja" (in a job description or ask if I am one). Just imagine using those terms for a talented medical doctor or lawyer. "Microservice" is quickly becoming another new recruiting term that I am beginning to despise. At least "agile" is mostly dead... mostly... Speaking of which what ever happened to "Scotty", "Rocket scientist" or "Macgyver" (those were the sexy euphemisms back when I started software dev). They were far more apropo.

sciurus 11y ago
Maybe we've just replaced "agile" with "devops".
- SideburnsOfDoom 11y ago
  I have heard a candidate for a software engineer position talk with straight face about his current workplace's "devops team" and handing off software to them. So maybe it's getting that way.
  - jedberg 11y ago
    If this were reddit this is where I would post a "The force doesn't work that way!" memes. I can't stand it when people ask about a "devops team". That's not devops then! That just means your sysadmins can code too. Now, if they are asking about a devops software team, that's a different story.
    - SideburnsOfDoom 11y ago
      Yep. What it means is like "agile" did, it's reaching the "old wine in a new bottle" stage, with less actual hard work of changing the way people work for the better, and more easy slapping a new trendy label on existing practices.
jghn 11y ago
If I see a job ad, hear from a recruiter or whatever which uses either rockstar or ninja, or anything along those lines I immediately stop listening/reading.