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On-demand Worker
An on-demand worker is someone employed by an on-demand company such as Uber, Lyft, Instacart or Postmates although many on-demand workers work for a few of these companies concurrently. They are usually 1099 workers or independent contractors and do not get the same company benefits such as healthcare and PTO that full time employees enjoy. Companies hire on-demand workers for flexibility, to save money and to have less liability.
Tim: Although being an on-demand worker affords me fewer benefits I kinda like it because I can set my own hours and learn how to code on the side.
zazpowered almost 9 years agoProtective Incompetence
Being bad at something you don't like to do, so you don't have to do it.
> I think the reason I made such a mystery of business was that I was disgusted by the idea of doing it. I wanted to work in the pure, intellectual world of software, not deal with customers' mundane problems. People who don't want to get dragged into some kind of work often develop a protective incompetence at it. Paul Erdos was particularly good at this. By seeming unable even to cut a grapefruit in half (let alone go to the store and buy one), he forced other people to do such things for him, leaving all his time free for math. Erdos was an extreme case, but most husbands use the same trick to some degree.
adamzerner almost 9 years agoHack
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 ago@skamansam interesting. thanks for sharing
Title 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 9 years agoTo Tswift
To call out or threaten to call out a company on social media and have it actually mean something due to your popularity
I know my performance at work hasn't been the best but I think firing me is a little too drastic. Now you know I have 300,000 followers on Twitter. I don't like to do it but I will tswift the company if you don't change your mind.
zazpowered almost 9 years agoMechatronics
Waterloo's most difficult and arguably best engineering discipline. Noted by its difficult admission process, large number of top tech emloyees/startup founders and highest suicide rate (per student enrolled) in Canada
Person A: what did they guys behind the MYO at thalmic labs study? Person B: They were the fortunate few that actually made it through Mechatronics at Waterloo without killing themselves Person A: isn't that the same as they guys behind bufferbox and kik messenger? Person B: Yeah, they are probably all laughing at their classmates at Google, Facebook and Apple who took offers over starting their own company.
JonWilkins almost 9 years agoJunior Software Engineer
An engineer that fixes bugs and writes tests.
Tim: I've just been fixing typos and writing tests for all the shitty code other engineers are putting out. When will I do real work?
Harold: Shut up and keep working
zazpowered almost 9 years ago
Glasshole
Refers to some users of Google Glass that were rude or not respectful of privacy such as recording video of people without their permission. Google even referenced this term in their Google Glass do's and don'ts list. It was put together because glassholes ruin public perception of the device and impede mainstream adoption.
Justin: That glasshole has been recoding video of us in the corner. He can at least say something
zazpowered almost 9 years agoLong Nail Delay
When an engineer or person working at a computer doesn't cut his finger nails and his typing speed is slowed down because of it.
Jack: Why are you working so slowly today? It took you 20 more minutes to debug Horace's shitty code today Lou: It's Long Nail Delay, My roommate sold my nail clipper to some pervert on Craigslist. Jack: Totally makes sense now.
yungsnuggie almost 9 years agosounds really dumb but it does slow you down
Engineer Jailbait
Someone who has been coding since a very early age and is employed at a large company or startup. They are younger than 18, but seem much older given the vast depth of their knowledge.
Julie: That guy Kumar is kind of cute.
George: Woah, I'd stay away from him if I was you, he's 17 and engineer jailbait.
Julie: Good thing you told me. I dodged a serious bullet, but man he's such a tease.
yungsnuggie almost 9 years agoHackathon Poacher
Recruiters who hang around Hackathon (coding/product competitions) in hopes of recommending them to a company in which they garner commission or recruit to their own venture.
Matt: See that guy in the corner wearing a business suit and the blue tie.
Zeeshan: Yeah, what about him? He's seems pretty friendly.
Matt: He's a hackathon poacher looking for engineers to join his dating app team, that matches people without visas to people who have them.
Zeeshan: That's sorta brilliant, but probably borderline illegal.
yungsnuggie almost 9 years agoMAU
Monthly active users. Number of unique users of an app during a month or 30 day period
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zazpowered over 8 years agoThe Anti Drug Test Node
An employee who mostly does his assignments and work under the influence quite often, but is so valuable to the company that the managers go through any length to prevent drug tests from being conducted on that individual or department.
We never have drug tests here in the engineering department because of all the anti-drug test nodes in the office. If we did we'd have to fire half the people who've designed our system architecture.
yungsnuggie almost 9 years agoRaspberry Pi
The Raspberry Pi is a series of credit card-sized single-board computers developed in the UK by the Raspberry Pi Foundation. They are tiny computers often used in Hackathons to make cool stuff.
Zeeshan: I used a Raspberry Pi to build a Google Glass that could emulate Game Boy Advance games.
Matt: Why would anyone want something like that.
Zeeshan: Lord knows but it won a prize at this Hackathon.
yungsnuggie almost 9 years agoFlappy Bird Fatigue
The incredible amount of fatigue one feels after playing hours of flappy bird. Your overall day begins to deteriorate as you think to yourself why you couldn't get past your currently highest pipe number.
Abdullah: Dude you look exhausted. What's going on?
Zeerek:: I've got flappy bird fatigue because after playing it for 2 hours this morning while Karen was giving an HR presentation. I feel completely wiped out, but all I want to do is keep playing.
yungsnuggie almost 9 years agoToyota Prius
Official car of the Bay Area due to the eco-friendly lifestyle in portrays. It is slowly being replaced by Tesla.
Tim: You're in the 3 comma club why do you drive a Prius?
Matt: Does your car get 46 MPG?
zazpowered almost 9 years agoD2F ratio
D2F ratio or "dick to floor" ratio is used to determine the relationship between two or more men and the distance between their penises and the floor. Often used to calculate the most efficient way to jerk off men at TechCrunch Disrupt events.
Guy 1: How do we jerk off 4 men at the same time and dick swap them to maximize jerking?
Guy 2: Well we'd have to figure out the D2F ratio and group men based on that.
Original Jared over 8 years agoQuora Thirsting
When someone yearns for something in the form of a question on Quora, without any qualification or perceived purpose that they will take action in pursuing it.
This is when people ask questions about how they can get hired from a company, accepted into a University, get in contact with someone famous, or ask how do something that probably already know the answer to.
James: i postd a good questyen on hoaw to get in2 Standfurd. Lewis: You were Quora thirsting so bad in that post that I am now embarrassed to be seen in public with you. James: I'm nao posting a ?n on how it's lyke to go to Standfurd cuz I wannnt to kno https://www.quora.com/Ive-been-a-really-bad-student-Can-I-still-go-to-Stanford
https://www.quora.com/What-is-it-like-to-attend-Stanford-University
yungsnuggie almost 9 years agoAugmented Reality
If you've never seen an augmented reality app before augmented reality is sort of like having helpful pop ups follow you in real life that are marketed to have a stronger use case than simply looking something up on your phone. They are normally seen through a headset or camera lens.
Google glass has made me incredibly disenchanted with augmented reality apps after having used the device for a long period of time. Every strong social use case out there seems to be a gross violation of privacy.
GoogleEngineer over 8 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 9 years agoOnly applies to esteemed organizations though ;)
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.