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What is "eld"?

• ChrisMarshallNY 5y ago
  An archaism for “old” (as in “elder”).
  • rvba 5y ago
    Maybe they didnt hire you since you sound very eccentric (as in euphenism for strange) with those big words. Hopefully I dont break the site rules for pointing this out, but interviews are a game to weed out people who are difficult to manage. And people who show any unusual flair are considered difficult to manage by lots of managers. And yes, some eccentric people with whom I worked were awesome, but there were also lots of eccentric people who were not (combination of "exceptionalists" and "insufferable").
    • ChrisMarshallNY 5y ago
      Yeah, I stink. You're better off not hiring me.
    • ChrisMarshallNY 5y ago
      > Maybe they didnt hire you since you sound very eccentric (as in euphenism for strange) with those big words. SRSLY? You are saying "big words," On HackerNews? This venue is the Home of The Big Word. I can't hold a candle to some of the eloquence that regularly appears here. I pretty much write in the vernacular. BTW: I am "strange." You got it in one. I've become quite happy about that, and so has pretty much everyone I've worked with, over a long career, in many diverse teams. But you ... might want to browse around my work ... just a bit ... before deciding you know about me. I make it very easy to check my work. Unlike most folks around these parts, I'm extremely open about who I am, and how to find out about me. Helps me to stay away from the Dark Side of The Force. I'm also not particularly interested in working for anyone else, ever again, so I'm not really about trying to be diplomatic. If some chap in a crown is running about, starkers, I'm likely to point it out. It's kind of amazing that we regularly resort to sending up insults, hereabouts, without taking just a couple of minutes to see if they have a landing pad, first.