HT
HT stands for hat tip or heard through and is a way to credit somebody for helping you discover something. It is commonly used on Twitter.
Woah svdictionary.com is an awesome site. HT @matthew
zazpowered almost 10 years agoTitle Promotion
A title promotion is a like a normal promotion, except without any increase in compensation, whether salary or otherwise. This is typically used to make engineers feel more important and get them to do more work without actually paying them for it.
Calvin: I just got promoted to Senior Software Engineer! I get to manage a team and maintain existing code!
Jerry: Are you getting paid more?
Calvin: No, but think of how exciting this opportunity is!
Jerry: ...
xmangoslushie almost 10 years agoBear Goggles
Similar to beer goggles, bear goggles refer to a the influence of studying at UC Berkeley on one's visual perception, whereby one slowly finds someone attractive who would not have been attractive before studying at UC Berkeley.
James: What do you think about her? She's pretty hot, right?
Dave: What are you on? You said she was hideous last semester. Did your optometrist prescribe you bear goggles?
xmangoslushie almost 10 years agoBug
A bug is a flaw in software that causes an unintended result. Most bugs arise from errors in written code, rather than from a computer itself. Due to the prevalence of engineer-created bugs, some programmers sardonically refer to their bugs as "surprise features".
Albert: Is there a bug in your code? I can't log into my account.
Justin: That's a feature. The site is telling you to go outside and take walk.
xmangoslushie almost 10 years agoSan Francisco
The city of San Francisco is one the most famous cities in the Bay Area, home to the SF Giants, hipsters, a thriving LGBT community, and enough fog to make you consider suicide, commonly referred to as "The City". When non Bay Area natives talk about the Bay Area, they're either talking about SF or Silicon Valley.
Alex: Yo man, you doing something later? It's Friday.
Kim: Yea I'm thinking about heading to The City later for some drinks, probably near Nob Hill or something.
Alex: Sounds chill. Can I come?
Kim: I don't know if it's your scene. The place has pretty hipster bars. They all have PBR on tap for $5 a pint.
xmangoslushie almost 10 years agoDisrupting
Doing something that has already been done before.
Doing something that has already been done before in a slightly different way.
Doing something that has already been done before in a slightly different process.
Doing something that has already been done before with an extra idea added to the thing that has been done.
The startup is disrupting the letterhead printing industry by offering letterhead printing delivered*. * delivery is the disruption
diccfish almost 10 years agoFailing Up
When obviously incompetent, uninspired, or undeserving employees are promoted, even when they openly fail for all to see. Inexplicably, this often occurs at the exact same time others around them are busting their ass to deliver for the company.
Just relax - the dumber you are, the better you'll do.
Person A: "How did Matt get that promotion? The guy hasn't written a line of meaningful code in over 6 months, all he does is write IRC robots that display cheesy GIFs when people are chatting about the size, shape, or length of something." Person B: "I know, he's failing up - I only wish I had it in me to be so carefree and incompetent."
csuwildcat almost 10 years agoDelaware C-Corp
The widely accepted incorporation structure in Silicon Valley. It allows the most flexibility for entrepreneurs and investors putting their money in newer tech driven companies.
Aref was so disgusted by our Florida LLC incorporation that he decided to pull his money out of our company based on sheer incompetence. I was able to win him over by telling him that Facebook once made the same mistake.
yungsnuggie almost 10 years agoProrata Rights
Prorata investment rights give investors the right to invest in a startup’s future fund-raising rounds and maintain their ownership percentage in the company as the company grows and raises more capital.
Erlich kept his Prorata Investment Rights in Grindr allowing him to keep his 10% share as more investors started also investing their money on the application.
yungsnuggie almost 10 years agoTo Anthony Weiner
To send a picture of your privates to other Twitter users.
Jack started crying after he anthony weinered by accident and tried to delete it in time. 400 of his followers instantly screed captured it and posted it on StupidEngineers.com
yungsnuggie almost 10 years agoThe Undernet
The part of the internet you can't access because you aren't a criminal or are looking for things beyond the scope of amazon.com.
I heard James spent an entire week trying to sell fake Dragon eggs to Russian buyers on the undernet, advertising that it was the key to taking over Europe.
yungsnuggie almost 10 years agoThe Zuckerberg Like
When a Facebook employee reaches a major life milestone and Mark Zuckerberg has acknowledged their existence by liking their Facebook profile picture. This normally happens after their team pushes a major feature onto the Facebook web or mobile client..
I've been working at Facebook as a Product Manager for 3 years and I've finally gotten the Zuckerberg like. I nearly fainted. I'm going to work here until I'm dead.
yungsnuggie almost 10 years agoRSS
Stands for Rich Site Summary. Often called Really Simple Syndication, it uses a family of standard web feed formats to publish frequently updated information: blog entries, news headlines, audio, video.
Paul Graham describes Twitter in 3 words: RSS with trolls.
yungsnuggie almost 10 years agoFamily Layway Weekend
When an entrepreneur spends a weekend with his family mostly because they haven't seen from him or her in weeks. The entrepreneur spends 85% of this time checking his or her phone for updates.
Ken decided to go on a family layaway weekend because his Mom's birthday was coming up. He told him mom happy birthday and sat in the corner the rest of the time checking his phone. His family was just happy to see him.
yungsnuggie almost 10 years agoTo Pao
To have to step down from a companies executive board at the complaint of the product's core user base.
James got paod out of his company after continually getting in controversial flame wars with the companies customer base.
yungsnuggie almost 10 years agoAmazing
The Silicon Valley Shake
A choreographed dance entrepreneurs do in their favorite online video game after reaching major milestones in their company. Doing a dance in real life is many instances is far too awkward.
After being acquired by Twitter, Jack along with the founding team simultaneously logged onto League of Legends, typed in the /dance command together, and broadcasted it on Twitch.
yungsnuggie almost 10 years agoMedium
A web blogging platform where independent users write out their opinions that get featured in categorized groups called "Medium Collections."
These articles don't adhere to any real journalistic standards, but are nice to read because in many instances they reaffirm your already deeply held beliefs.
I just wrote 3 articles on Medium on how starting a startup is a really difficult but worthwhile journey. It got picked up and shared by 213 Twitter users.
yungsnuggie almost 10 years agoDid Twitter acquire Medium?
@charlesjo I don't think Twitter acquired Medium. I believe this definition needs to be corrected.
@charlesjo Fixed!
Alternate definition: A blogging platform for quitters.
The Macbook Selfie
A selfie one takes on his or her own macbook normally out of laziness or vanity.
I was sorta attracted to Mark, but after adding him on Facebook and seeing his Macbook selfie profile picture in a dimly lit disgustingly messy room, I'm sorta of repulsed by him.
yungsnuggie almost 10 years agoKorean
Ethnic subgroup common in Silicon Valley.
In the workplace they tend to be more nepotistic, viewing other Korean engineers more favorably. They are also split by generational divides; Korean born engineers and American Born Korean Engineers interact rarely.
Among Korean born engineers imported from abroad, hierarchical attitudes can be common. Emphasis is placed on age, company ranking and salary.
"The Koreans are going out again." "Why don't they ever invite us along?" "Don't worry about it man, they're always up to some secret Korean shit."
koreanfuckboy almost 10 years agoDo the Needful
Usually coined by Tech workers of East Indian descent, in context means I have to do what I have to do to get the job done or to keep my Boss from firing me.
"Yes, we have to do the Needful to beta test this new code by Friday"
Hammer almost 10 years agoOnly applies to esteemed organizations though ;)
I feel like it gets better every year