Github Flexing
Sharing your Github profile in as many places as possible with the intention of showing off all the work you've done on various projects.
Mark: Fuck Ryan is such a God. He showed me his github last night and now I'm sure we won't be able to beat him in the Hackathon. Vanessa: Nah don't worry, he's just Github flexing
yungsnuggie over 9 years agoHype Parasite App
When an app developer sees an app getting a ton of downloads and attention on the App Store and decides to make a copy cat version of the app to ride on the hype train.
Flappy Bird apps, 2048 apps, Pokemon GO tracker apps
zazpowered over 8 years ago
Leaning In
When someone flamboyantly promotes and espouses feminism in an attempt to get laid.
Jonathan if you want to get women to like you, stop being such a pretentious asshole and start leaning in for once.
yungsnuggie over 8 years agoThey Took Our Jobs
A popular double entendre referencing a redneck slogan of immigrant labor replacing US jobs and the passing of Steve Jobs.
Zeeshan: I hate the IPhone 6. Matt: They took our Jobs...
yungsnuggie almost 9 years agoProblem Observer
A shitier version of a problem solver. A problem observer is a person who points out obstacles (even if they are incredibly obvious) offers no solution, and feels really good about themselves. They tend to end up working at a big company for the rest of their lives.
Mark was a problem solver that started facebook and dropped out of Harvard. Roy was a problem observer that has a PhD from Stanford and works at Yahoo.
yungsnuggie about 9 years ago
Hooli
A giant tech corporate founded and headed by Gavin Belson. A company that gets into a legal dispute with Pied Pier for copyright infringement.
It can also be used interchangeably for fu**ing things up all the time.
Zeeshan: how did your exams go?
Matt: Man, I hoolied it up again! I gotta study harder next time.
svhunt over 9 years agoBubble
Refers to the collective group of software companies whose worth is perceived to be lower than their labeled valuations.
Jeff: You got funded because we're in a bubble. On demand cat food isn't worth 50 million dollars. Ryan: What bubble? Cat food is a billion dollar industry.
yungsnuggie over 9 years agoChanging Ms to Bs
When setting a valuation to ones industry, this refers to changing the numbers on one's presentation slides to reflect that the industry they are disrupting is worth billions not millions. Investors aren't looking to put money in million dollar companies as much as they are ready to invest in potential billion dollar ones.
"Back then I didn't know what the hell a Pitch Deck was. Sam Altman looked at my slides and told me to change all the ms to bs because thats the only thing that interests investors. "
yungsnuggie over 9 years agoHipster Designer Fallacy
Refers to non-technical, founders whose best abilities lie in intangible abilities versus testable ones. They focus on the overall product versus individual features.
Steve Jobs, founder of Apple Inc. and Brian Chensky, founder of AirBNB, are self-proclaimed design founders.
yungsnuggie over 9 years agoFingertip Like
When you accidentally like someone else's facebook post while scrolling through your feed on a mobile device.
Jeanie: Oh my god! I just accidentally fingertip liked my exe's profile picture. I really hope that he didn't notice it.
svhunt over 9 years agoGood-Cheap-Fast
The inevitable desire of any contractor. The typical rip-off method which any serious author should refuse.
Could you make it with all features till evening after we agree on the price?
Francis over 9 years agoSkywalker Soreness
When your right hand is in such extreme pain from coding or typing that it feels as if it's been cut off by a laser sword.
I waited until the end of the deadline to finish my part of the project and now I have skywalker soreness. I can't do anything with my right hand.
yungsnuggie over 9 years agoLOL
42
42 is the answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything.
It is also a famous and one of the world's best computer programming school.
- Six by nine. Forty two.
- That's it. That's all there is.
- I always thought something was fundamentally wrong with the universe.
Douglas Adams (1 January 1980). The Restaurant at the End of the Universe.
ElieTeyssedou almost 8 years agoEngineer Unicorn (2)
An engineer that is competent, good looking, dresses well, looks like a white horse and has a horn growing from his forehead.
John: How come no other engineers are like David?
Mary: He's an engineer unicorn. They are rare.
hugo almost 8 years agoThe 'Porn At The End Of The Tunnel' VR Hypothesis
The hypothesis that says that no matter HOW good or bad VR software is developed, VR pornography will pave the way for the platform's future.
Sora: VR is just a fad. People are not going to want to spend more than a month using it. It's a pain to use and it makes me sick to be in their for too long. LETS STOP DEVELOPING FOR VR PLATFORMS. THEY'RE NEVER GONNA SUCCEED. Wang: Stop thinking rationally and just remember the 'porn at the end of the tunnel.' Sora: You're right. I'm getting back to work.
yungsnuggie almost 9 years agomh
No Free Lunch
A theorem which states that tech companies offering not free lunch are making profit off their employees.
Commonly used by companies such as amazon, Microsoft and Apple to get overpaid staff's salary back
Founder: I had an alternative stream of revenue idea using no free lunch theorem Co-founder: worked for Apple and Amazon, should work for us!
JonWilkins over 9 years agosubversives
tending or intending to subvert or overthrow, destroy, or undermine an established or existing system, especially a legally constituted government or a set of beliefs. noun. a person who adopts subversive principles or policies.
I believe in the power of startups and want to build amazing products with passionate subversives
mmontagna almost 8 years agoCovfefe
Coverage.
Word was first used by the forty-fifth president of the United States on an online news and social networking service called Twitter, where users post and interact with messages called "tweets", restricted to 140 characters. Twitter was created by four nerds Jack Dorsey, Noah Glass, Biz Stone, and Evan Williams who never dreamed their network would result in the birth of words like this.
Ex1: Uber has been getting alot of bad covfefe lately Ex2: "Despite the constant negative press covfefe" Ex3: Ray J leaked his sex tape with Kim Kardashian because he wanted to hurt her tabloid press covfefe. Ironically it ended up making her one of the most famous reality TV stars in the world.
covfefelord almost 8 years ago
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