I used to correct people when I thought they were using the wrong terms. I realized 99% of the time I was achieving two things, derailing the conversation, and

I used to correct people when I thought they were using the wrong terms. I realized 99% of the time I was achieving two things, derailing the conversation, and making myself look like an arrogant jerk. It turns out in tech people use the same jargon in different ways. If I'm able to understand what they are saying, that is the important part and I just move on. If I'm not quite sure how to interpret what they are saying, I'll try to clarify. If its a pretty glaring mistake, and you really feel the need to correct the mistake, muzani's script is pretty good. You could even go with "Oh, I've heard that called xyz before." If someone wants to replace the word DevOps with Agile, I say why not. At the end of the day the bits and bytes don't give a damn what they are called.