Hack
Traditionally this term has meant gaining unauthorized access to computer system but in Silicon Valley it has expanded to any be any clever solution to a problem.
You converted that cardboard box into a chair? Nice hack!
zazpowered almost 9 years agoCloud
A descriptive word given to something that is running on someone else's computer.
We will run our product in the cloud, so it is accessible to users on the internet.
slushieman almost 9 years agoSocial Media
One of the species of apps that keep getting made. They're really just shitty clones of Facebook and Twitter. I mean if Google couldn't do it, what makes you think you could? It is estimated that every year:
Hundreds of thousands of variants of social media apps are pitched
Thousands are built to an MVP
A couple hundred end up on the app store as different niche apps after the companies pivoted
Alex: Hey Tara, check out my new Social Media app!
Tara: Oohh! Next Facebook right here!
willgr81 almost 8 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 8 years agoLOL
Neckbeard
People with facial hair on their neck, most of the time in lieu of their face. Chances are that if a software engineer is a neckbeard they are amoung the highest paid engineers in the company and/or are extremely smart.
I've never seen a neckbeard and a girl in the same photo, but damn they're the closest thing to ancient wizards Silicon Valley has.
yungsnuggie about 8 years agolol
Microdabbing
A popular practice where people microdose on drugs (primarily LSD) for recreation.
After working at Facebook the entire day, Jim goes home and starts microdabbing.
yungsnuggie almost 8 years agoEngineer Agencies
Agencies run by engineers who pimp out other engineers and themselves to big companies and startups for a per hour/week wage. This can be more lucrative and give more freedom to said engineers who work on their own time.
James sought the help of an Engineer Agency to build an initial version of his OnDemand Condom delivery service for iOS and Android.
yungsnuggie almost 8 years agoBachelor's Degree
An academic degree which typically consists of about 40 college classes in a particular field of study. Much like a startup, it is typically either undervalued (by the uneducated) or overvalued (by zealous parents) rather than being appreciated in equanimity as a testament to consistent work under an educational institution. Also known as Peter Thiel's Kryptonite
Harold: So I see that you got a Bachelor's Degree just last year? Katelyn: Yes, in Electrical Engineering Harold: Hmm, so can you use Linux? Katelyn: ...
willgr81 almost 8 years agoSME
An acronym for "Subject Matter Expert". Generally a person designated as the expert in a particular technology, process, or subject area within a company or organization. Often the title is an oxymoron and is given through a bureaucratic process where the person designated as the so called "expert" knows less about the subject than others yet insists on inserting themselves into the decision making process despite their inferior knowledge. They derive their power via their title rather than any actual factual information they may know.
The IT department can't install Chrome because the Browser SME declared that no more than 2 browsers will be supported and he choose IE and Firefox. He didn't provide any factual basis for his decision when it was announced but he did note that he was the browser SME and thus everyone had to abide by his decision.
ipfreely almost 9 years agoBleeding Edge
A technology that's so new, you can count on it to be unreliable and troublesome (derived from the term "leading edge").
"Did our database crash again?"
"Yeah, this new big data graph mapping software is totally bleeding edge."
healthdatatom over 8 years ago
Equity Leaching Nests
Office spaces that require you to give up percent ownership of your company (or warrants to purchase parts of your company up to 10 years) in exchange for month to month office space.
The Ratchetry is an equity leaching nest that wants our company to sign up. Although I like the investor team that backs it, I'm pretty indifferent about the program itself.
yungsnuggie about 8 years agolol
TLA Departments
Short for "Three Letter Acronym": A department of a company that does not have any apparent function at all.
Groups like this are usually created by trendy management fads.
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iamDeveloper over 8 years agoUnlimited vacation and sick days policy
We don't want to pay out if you quit or get terminated on your vacation or sick days left over, if we had a policy.
We provide unlimited vacation and sick days. If you're sick, stay home! If you want to take days off, go ahead!
acceleweb over 7 years agoStack
Shorthand for Stackoverflow, the question and answer site for professional and enthusiast programmers.
A: "I just cannot figure out how I'm supposed to get this gulp task to work!"
B: "Did you check Stack? Looks like a common enough problem."
A: "Good point, I'll ask Stack."
picopallasi almost 9 years ago3 Comma Studios
A legendary secret society publicly operating as an app studio in San Francisco, California. While the app studio founders are made public on their website 3CommaStudios.com, its members are kept highly secret, rumored to be having some of the biggest names in tech and venture capital as shadow leaders of a seemingly inconspicuous organization.
It's rumored that every few months the society inducts members by sending them a mysterious black key card with 3 commas embroidered on it. They meet in a secret location and talk about the tech world behind closed doors that open upward like a Lamborghini, not side to side like a Honda Civic. If asked, its members are told to deny their memberships and even scoff at the very thought of it's existence.
The studio's slogan: Do not bite the invisible hand that feeds.
I've heard rumors that Devon was inducted as a member of 3 Comma Studios a few months ago after starting his company. He denies the existence of the organization adamantly. But I saw a black key card with 3 commas in his wallet a few months ago. On top of that he goes out at random times of the night getting dropped home by cars with doors that open upward NOT side to side. Sometimes in the dead of night when I bring it up, he just sticks both his middle fingers up at me and whispers "2 commas be gone" in a trance like state.
yungsnuggie over 8 years agoMacgyverist Product Development
When a founder or group of founders take code that is useless by itself, from their former products, stick it together, and make a prototype/product that is incredibly popular.
Macgyverism is a term used to denote taking seemingly useless things to make something incredible.
Jimmy's new iOS game, Chang goes to India, was a result of macgyverist product development where he took a bunch of useless code from his previous projects, stuck it together in an hour, and shipped it.
yungsnuggie over 8 years agoAngel Investor
The typical Angel Investor can be found in its natural habit, either grazing in the open pastures of tech conferences or herding in secret groups with other Angel Investors. If you happen to be lucky enough to encounter an Angel Investor in the wild, don't try to feed it with Buzzwords as it would run away. Instead, be honest and and try to listen more than you speak.
Hannah: Duuude, I met this Angel Investor at the conference last week and it was sooo cool! I even got a picture Jack: Woah! They really do have wings
willgr81 almost 8 years agoTen Dollar Solution
Anything that works infinitely better than that "new thing" and the superior technology is at least 30 years old.
Trying to follow a ballgame on a Real Audio plugin vs. a ten dollar transistor radio.
iamDeveloper over 8 years agoDaily Active Users
Number of people who visit your app every day. Usually more important than Active Installs.
Joe: We have 10,000,000 installs. Kal: How many Daily Active Users do you have? Joe: 100
yungsnuggie almost 8 years ago
This is actually the other way around. See the Jargon File for a much older definition: 1. n. Originally, a quick job that produces what is needed, but not well.
@skamansam interesting. thanks for sharing