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Please refrain from willingly picking the naive interpretation when you've understood my point perfectly fine, it's against the rules of this website. ...sigh:
by Biganon 2y ago
Please refrain from willingly picking the naive interpretation when you've understood my point perfectly fine, it's against the rules of this website.
...sigh:
Secret codes as in "watermark-level omission of characters" are a myth. Lingo and jargon do however exist, and convey meaning in a particularly subtle way. They are shared and taught by culture, not by a secret handbook passed down from generation to generation. See also dogwhistling.
The goal is to protect the issuer, not to selflessly inform the recipient.
- sb057 2y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dog_whistle_(politics) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dog_whistle_(politics) "In politics, a dog whistle is the use of coded or suggestive language..."
- keybored 2y agoMay HR personnel live in interesting times.
- HankB99 2y agoThis reminds me of the joke whose punch line is > You will be lucky to have this person work for you.
- angst_ridden 2y ago"I cannot recommend X too highly. X always served as an example to their colleagues. The quality of X's code was unequalled in our department, and X's work always merited special attention." (etc)
- doktrin 2y ago> I cannot recommend X too highly This isn't a veiled statement. It's outright dunking on the applicant.
- thedanbob 2y agoIt can be interpreted both ways: "I cannot recommend X too highly (because they suck)" vs "I cannot recommend X too highly (because whatever praise I give will be inadequate)"
- doktrin 2y agoIf praise is the intent, it would be phrased as "... cannot recommend X highly enough"
- MiguelX413 2y agoI disagree.
- doktrin 2y agoNot every opinion is equally valid
- boxed 2y agoMy take away from this is that any positive thing written in a letter of recommendation can be read as sarcasm by an English speaker. I think there's some deeper issue with the language/culture here.
- doktrin 2y agoEvery language has turns of phrase that are not necessarily intuitive to non-native speakers.
- FabHK 2y agoI think the line is > you would be lucky to get this employee to work for you!