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.
yungsnuggie over 9 years agoSlacking
Using a productivity tool called Slack to get work done or communicate with one's team. This can easily be confused to mean "not doing one's work."
Jack: You've been getting alot done. James: Yeah man, I've been slacking all day.
yungsnuggie over 9 years agoRickrolling
Rickrolling is a form of bait and switch that involves using a link that seems relevant but really links to the music video for Rick Astley's "Never Gonna Give You Up"
Woah look at this cute cat
zazpowered over 9 years ago@Z40 got me
Periscope Plug
Advertising a product or service using Periscope either through your own live stream or someone elses's.
I tuned in to watch to Jack Dorsey's Periscope to watch him interview the founder of Blue Bottle. Little did I know that it wouldn't be conversation on coffee, but instead a giant periscope plug for his other company Square. He just kept asking questions about how Square transactions benefit his business.
yungsnuggie over 9 years agoValley Optimistic
Refers to the optimism that people in Silicon Valley have for new technology and ideas that people outside of the area might be skeptical of.
"You know I'm valley optimistic but I really don't think that tic-tac-toe mobile game you pitched me is going to do all that well"
zazpowered over 9 years agoInternet Explorer
Satan's child.
Greg: "Hey Joe, it looks like our users on IE are reporting the website is flipped upside down."
Joe: "Well tell them to get themselves the fuck on a decent browser."
Greg: "I did, but they're telling me the download link for Chrome is redirected to that Rick Roll YouTube video"
Joe: "Mother fuck. Looks like we're gonna have to sacrifice another intern to IE's Dark Lord."
zander over 9 years agoGlad IE is almost dead http://www.w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_explorer.asp
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!
TimStevenson over 9 years agoThe Rift
A title given to denote virtual reality. Popularized by people who have spent immense amounts of time in an Oculus Rift headset and were unable to fully communicate the things they had seen and experienced while present in what they consider a different realm.
Recruiter: Why should we hire you for our VR division? Jack: Aye. In my time I have seen many things in the Rift. Things the likes of you, could never imagine... Recruiter: Why are you crying? Jack: I held my virtual daughter in my arms as the light vanished from her eyes. I fought dragons in Russia trying to protect the refugees of a city that's now burnt to the ground. I spent almost two years in isolation in the Rift reading about the ancient tombs of Java Script and Lisp. I'm hoping that this position will help me forget about my past. My time in the Rift. Recruiter: Why am I crying...
yungsnuggie over 9 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 over 9 years agoOS
This just means Operating System. When you hear this just think "Windows" or "Mac OSX"
I hate myself so I installed the Windows Vista OS on my brand new laptop.
yungsnuggie over 9 years ago150ft 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.
yungsnuggie over 9 years agoBig 4
For a software engineer this generally refers to Amazon, Facebook, Google and Microsoft.
If I don't get into a Big 4 my life is over. They are so prestigious
zazpowered over 9 years agoFacebook Reach
Facebook reach is the number of people that see posts from Facebook pages. Organic Facebook reach has dropped since Facebook made changes to their feed algorithm to encourage companies to buy ads promoting page posts.
It's almost pointless for our startup to promote our Facebook page because we will have to pay to get any Facebook reach.
zazpowered over 9 years agoMoney Book
Bronation,Brodation
From the show Silicon Valley. It means to get a donation for your project from a "bro" or "brogrammer." Previously used in non-developer circles to mean to get a loan from a friend in which the receiver has no intention of paying back that loan.
"Let's get those bronations going."
augustwest over 9 years agoFollow Marketing
When an individual using their own account or their business account follows customers on Twitter with the intention of getting them to view their profile and see their sales pitch.
In an attempt to kick start the awareness of his new protein powder made from peanuts and edible soap, Jack decided to do follow marketing, following every bodybuilder he could in hopes that they would check his Twitter profile to see his buy 1 get 2 free special.
yungsnuggie over 9 years agoFacebook Friend
Somebody you met in real life once who is useful for increasing your friend count and possibly the like counts of your latest selfies but likely someone you will never talk to again.
"I don't know who Jane is but she's liking my photos so she stays."
zazpowered over 9 years agoBuzzfeed Writer
A mediocre writer, but decent list builder. Their article titles usually follow the model: [Number] [Subject] So [Hyperbole] You [Claim]
10 Clickbaity Titles So Enticing You Have To Click
svpro over 9 years agoLOL
WOW
#7 will blow your mind.
Tweetstorm
When somebody wants to tweet something that is more than 140 characters but is not considerate enough to link to a blog post or use an image. Tweets in a tweetstorm are generally numbered and look like a mini essay in your Twitter feed.
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zazpowered over 9 years agoApp Reskinning
Releasing a mobile game by using existing source code and gameplay mechanics but changing up the game art to make the game appear new and different.
Flappy Birds is doing really well on the App Store and I found some code online for creating a Flappy Bird clone. Let's release a similar game called Flappy Fish by reskinning this code.
zazpowered over 9 years ago
One of my favorite clips from Silicon Valley https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ