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You'll be fine. Also remember this, companies develop their own vocabulary over time. So don't be afraid of asking what they mean by something. Even if you th
by davismwfl 5y ago
You'll be fine. Also remember this, companies develop their own vocabulary over time. So don't be afraid of asking what they mean by something. Even if you think it might be basic, and if you get the look of WTF, just be honest and say look I get companies have different vocabs, I just want to make sure I am 100% on the same page. 99% of the time if you use your honeymoon period well and do this you can easily learn the ropes, and figure out how to fit in and stand out. If you try to be a hero or think oh I have to know this even if you have no clue what they mean, that's when I see people fail.
I saw this at one mid-sized company where they had weird verbiage for things that I thought were standard. New people would always struggle and two people even left over it cause they were making it into something it wasn't and would get themselves stressed out and tied into knots instead of just asking the question. I was a consultant there and some of the employees would look at me like I was dumb at first, but the reality is I had to learn their terms, process etc before I could really help them.