I/O
A techie way of saying Input/Output.
All you really need to know is that it communicates between an information processing system, such as a computer, and the real world, possibly a human.
This is not to be confused with .IO, which is a tld people use to name their sites with because they are too lazy to negotiate for the .com.
A computer that uses memory-mapped I/O accesses hardware by reading and writing to specific memory locations. This basically means your computer will help you initiate commands with your Macbook's hardware.
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Slack Overflow
The state of perpetual notification pinging on each of your devices as a result of participating in way too many Slack channels.
Alice: Why did you need to take a mental health day yesterday?
Bob: Slack Overflow.
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Adding Wheels To A Moving Car
Expecting the design or development team to scope a feature without definition or complete explanation while the product is being built.
Them: "How long would it take you to add this feature to the product?"
You: "I'm not sure I understand what the product and feature even is, let alone how to estimate it."
Them: "Well, just give me a ballpark..."
You: "That would be like adding wheels to a moving car."
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Solving Own Problem
A bullshit story founders present to lie on how they arrived at their product.
We built datemycate app because we wanted to solve our own problem to help our cat find a date. He was very horny all the time and was always flirty with my girlfriend.
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*Insert Noun Here* Enthusiast
A description often used in online social blogging bios that superficially attempts to showcase aspects of one's personality that one wants others to remember them for. Many times these descriptions are used to compensate for lack of knowledge or experience in that very same area.
Hi my name is Homer, I'm a Ruby on Rails enthusiast, cat owner, and a tech aficionado living in the Bay Area. I do marketing for Lyft.
yungsnuggie over 3 years ago
Rollback
Generally refers to when you push bad code to production and you want to undo your changes by rolling back to a previous release
I've made a huge mistake. Do a rollback
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Bricked
A piece of hardware that doesn’t function anymore because it was tampered with.
You seriously messed up that upgrade, and now your entire device has been rendered useless.
"I tried to install the most recent version of Windows on my old Mac, but it totally bricked the whole computer."
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SWOT Analysis
SWOT is a planning method used to evaluate the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats of an idea or decision. Jared is ridiculed by the other members of Pied Piper on Silicon Valley for suggesting SWOT because they think it is corporate and a waste of time.
"I've booby trapped the house with corporate resources"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfB0g_JDIds
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Self made entrepreneur
A label meaning that an entrepreneur has come from nothing, has not inherited their wealth or startup. A lot of entrepreneurs have found a loophole because while inheriting a lot of money disqualifies one from being self made, receiving a shit ton of money and connections from your parents while they are alive doesn't.
John: How did you possibly hire 50 people without any VC funding. You told me you were self made?
Lyman: My dad gave me a ton of money and connections. Does that count?
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PG
An acronym used in forums referring to Paul Graham, founder of Y Combinator and creator of Hacker news. He spends his time tweeting about how much Y Combinator has grown and describing the perfect founder in a similar way that Cosmopolitan magazine describes the perfect man or woman.
I read a PG essay talking about how the perfect founder has an engineering degree, is always hungry, and lives with his founders in the same apartment. After graduating from Stanford,, we now live in Palo Alto in a one bedroom apartment without any food in the fridge other than raw ramen payed for using the profits of our company in which we are the only customers of.
yungsnuggie over 3 years agoHe has some of the best startup advice http://www.paulgraham.com/articles.html
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Mechatronics
TLDR: a multidisciplinary engineering field that combines software, electrical and computer, and mechanical engineering.
Sometimes referred as robotics, mechatronics is the most promising discipline in the engineering world. The brightest students are competing to enter this program for it's reputation and employment rate by the top notch companies in the industry(Microsoft, Google, Apple, Tesla etc). University of Waterloo is known as the best university offering this program. Rumor has it that they are the ones came up with this concept and terminology back in the day.
Person 1: Dude, I got accepted into Mechatronics Engineering.
Person 2: The hell is mechatronics?
Person 1: Story short, we're going to build robots!
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Dick Jerk Algorithm
Highly sophisticated algorithm devised by Pied Piper engineers where one can jerk off 4 dudes at once.
This algorithm inspired Richard to come up with an advanced middle out algorithm.
Dick to floor. D2floor.
ummm, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-hUV9yhqgY enough said...
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Pistol Ship
To ship one's code without checking it. This is normally done out of a combination of hubris and laziness.
Jack: I feel like Clint Eastwood, I've been pistol shipping compiled code all day. I love working at Facebook. Lewis: Facebook is down.
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150ft Rule
A company wide standard at Google that says that not even a single area of the office can be situated at a distance exceeding 150 feet, from sources of food.
When I work I constantly have food at my desk. It's a delicious life. The main reason I never want to leave Google is the 150ft rule.
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Pokemon Recruiting
Giving preference to job candidates based on having unusual non-job-related characteristics - with the goal of collecting one of each kind to your team. Based on the collectible toy with the theme "Gotta Catch 'Em All".
Yuliya: Hey look, a resume from a Bulgarian engineer who speaks Urdu and plays the ukelele in her spare time. Andy: Wow, serious Pokemon points there.
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Grab Bag Founders
When a number of people have decided not to be cofounders with you and you are left with all C level players. Basically, scraping the bottom of the barrel.
John wanted to start a company and needed cofounders but all of his friends decided to work for Google instead so he did a mass email blast and took the first 2 people to reply.
SingleCommaClub over 3 years ago
X for Y
A way entrepreneurs use to describe their startup to customers and investors so they can quickly grasp how their product works. It is done by comparing your startup to another successful company that likely pioneered its business model.
My startup is Airbnb for cars = people can borrow your car when you are not using it
My startup is Uber for food = food will be delivered to you on demand
My startup is Urban Dictionary for Silicon Valley = svdictionary.com
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Noncompete Agreement
Any agreement by which:
- The employee pretends they won't go work for the competition.
- The employer pretends it's enforceable in the State of California.
Engineer #1: "They wanted me to sign a noncompete."
Engineers: "AHAHAHAHAHAHA!"
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Pre-IPO Bubble
A currently "non-occuring" speculative bubble where there is an increasing number of pre-ipo companies with ridiculous valuations which will never reach investor expectations
Economist: it seems like the dot com bubble is happening again except companies are pre IPO VC: woah, this start up has expential user growth must be the next unicorn! Better invest now.
JonWilkins over 3 years ago- Login to leave a comment.
Eat Your Own Dog Food
Actually using the product that you make.
To realize the users' pain points with your product, you have to eat your own dog food and actually use it.
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What "type of" day are you having?