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I am not familiar with this term, "telephone sanitizer," but I suspect that it has a dismissive aspect to it, much like the term "soft skills." I am a principa
by braythwayt 8y ago
I am not familiar with this term, "telephone sanitizer," but I suspect that it has a dismissive aspect to it, much like the term "soft skills."
I am a principal engineer with a very successful technology company. If being good at my job is accomplished via telephone sanitization and/or soft skills, so be it.
I don't care what you call me, just don't call me late for dinner.
- erik_seaberg 8y agoIt's a reference to https://hitchhikers.fandom.com/wiki/Golgafrinchan_Ark_Fleet_Ship_B https://hitchhikers.fandom.com/wiki/Golgafrinchan_Ark_Fleet_....
- braythwayt 8y agoI'm not quite understanding the relevance, but that's ok. To give an example that I hope is perfectly clear, I contend that for me, a tablet is a better device to take when interviewing a candidate than a laptop. Interviewing candidates is not my only job, or 50% of my job, or anything like that. But when I do interviews f2f, I take my iPad, not my Macbook.
- xenozega 8y agothere seems to be zero relevance, hopefully he can explain further. i totally agree with you, most work meetings i attend demand proper attention and being on a laptop (even if taking notes!) could be seen as rude. being a forgetful person, i've had to balance the optics vs. being able to remember meeting contents :) maybe a tablet is in order...
- zapzupnz 8y ago> there seems to be zero relevance, hopefully he can explain further There's no explanation required. Given the context of the quote, that person was simply being condescending and dismissive. Effectively, it means "I deem what you do and how you do it to be lacking in worth, therefore you must be a waste of space in the same manner as the worst of the Golgafrincham race".