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This is awesome. It has my favorite one: "ping me" Man, I hated hearing this. Just use normal words, please.
by fbelzile 6y ago
This is awesome. It has my favorite one: "ping me"
Man, I hated hearing this. Just use normal words, please.
- 0xdeadbeefbabe 6y agoYeah, normal words like "reaching out" (said the way Neil Diamond says it, with some seriousness and a straight face). It turns professional life into melodrama.
- fbelzile 6y agoOr just, email me when... or call me when... At least it gives me a hint about the best way to contact you about something.
- wiml 6y ago"ping me" does have a useful connotation, though, like "touch base" or "give a heads-up" it suggests a pretty minimal communication, just to let someone know that something has or will occur. Making a distinction between a short notice that can be followed up on if needed, vs. a more detailed memo or report.
- dec0dedab0de 6y agoI used to hate all that nonsense, then at some point in the last 15 years I got assimilated. Though, I still can't understand anything an executive says.
- jasonv 6y agoI don't mind that one, but "rockstar" in job descriptions drives me batty. As do "send it" and "stan". So, it's across all cultural borders these days.
- ficklepickle 6y agoOK boomer. I'm stanning so hard I'm just gonna send it, fam. Just kidding. I'm old too. Get off my lawn, unless you are playing lawn darts.
- jasonv 6y agoYeah, I just sit it out now. Having a teenager who’s culturally as old as me keeps me hermetically sealed in my vault.
- woodrowbarlow 6y agowhen someone says "rockstar programmer" i hear "doesn't play well with others".
- tyingq 6y agoIt's particularly irritating when every position a company posts asks for a "rockstar". That's a recipe for, uh, something other than what they need.
- 1-more 6y agoIf they reply with anything other than ACK tell them they are breaking protocol