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"But the vast majority of them will be a continuous flow of serial early adopters who surf from tech to tech, sniffing the best opportunity to gain a competitiv
by strikelaserclaw 7y ago
"But the vast majority of them will be a continuous flow of serial early adopters who surf from tech to tech, sniffing the best opportunity to gain a competitive advantage by being first to use a type of framework, language, or toolkit." - Oh god, that hit me so hard.
- tabtab 7y agoWhat's the common slang for that? "Buzzword Surfer"?
- strikelaserclaw 7y agomiddle manager?
- tabtab 7y agoMost buzzword pushers are architects or similar in my experience. I suppose that's arguably "middle manager".
- pickledish 7y agoI've heard it referred as a "magpie developer": https://blog.codinghorror.com/the-magpie-developer/ https://blog.codinghorror.com/the-magpie-developer/ though that's less for a competitive advantage and more because new tech is shiny