> I don't think it adds any value and it just takes up extra space, making the code less readable. I agree here. What they want is to be able to get a superfic

> I don't think it adds any value and it just takes up extra space, making the code less readable. I agree here. What they want is to be able to get a superficial understanding at a glance of what the code is doing--in other words they want to give the absolute minimum effort in terms of reading. But when you actually read/write the code and understand it, the shorter names are an advantage. IMO it comes down to who the names are really important for--the reader/reviewer who will likely move on to something else in the next hour, or the person who has actually given some attention to the meaning of the code? I think the short names also have the advantage of making the logic of the function body understandable at a glance.