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They say don't use annoying buzzwords, but personally I find "convert" to be a particularly grating buzzword. What's wrong with saying "gets you hired"?
by robbrown451 5y ago
They say don't use annoying buzzwords, but personally I find "convert" to be a particularly grating buzzword. What's wrong with saying "gets you hired"?
- walrus01 5y agoLet's drill down on that for a while. I'll circle back with you next week.
- vianneychevalie 5y agoIt gets you less clicks
- mosselman 5y agoTo be fair, they are saying you shouldn't use buzzwords in a resume, not everywhere. I agree with you that the phrase 'gets you hired' is a lot stronger though.
- DoreenMichele 5y agoFor titles, shorter is typically better. In this case, it's nowhere near the character count limit for HN, but limits of that sort are another good reason to err on the side of "shorter is better." But it boils down to cognitive load. Attention spans are limited and it's a busy world full of distractions. You need to grab someone's attention with the least burden on their limited resources -- mental bandwidth, attention, time, etc -- and get them to click. A good title can be the difference between a successful article and a flop and titles are hard.
- robbrown451 5y ago"Gets you hired" would be far less cognitive load than "convert" to me. Maybe its just me, but I haven't seen it used like that previously, I've seen it mostly with ad clicks converting to them signing up or buying something (which is only slightly less grating, but I can understand the need for a shorter expression when it is industry jargon)
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