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Medium Data
The hipster data scientist's new topic of discussion. “Big Data” has become a meaningless cliché, so much so that complaining about Big Data being a cliché is also a cliché.
PM: Can you look at this set of big data? It is 200GB.
Data scientist: That is actually only medium data according to yourdatafitsinram.github.io
Mrandrewandrade over 9 years agoGamification
Adding game elements to normally not game related software or processes in order to increase engagement.
A: User testing has shown that users don't like our accounting app.
B: We should really be adding some gamification.
A: Will that make the app more useful?
B: No, but more fun!
graup over 9 years agoProduct Hunt
An app well known by tech people in Silicon Valley as a way to discover new startups and apps
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zazpowered over 9 years agoProduct Hunt has been hunted!
Medium
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 over 9 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.
Early Employee
A founder who will take 1% of the company instead of 25%. This is a polite way of saying "sucker."
CEO: "We couldn't have done it without a few great early employees."
employeeNumbaOne over 9 years agoI still wouldn't minded having been an early employee at Facebook or Uber.
@silconobserver Zach Holman.
This is total and utter bullshit. The founder risks his entire savings, family/friend relationships and pours his life into his startup. When things finally begin to work he goes out and hires the first few employees. In return the "early employees" get paid market rate or slightly below market rate and get equity and the founder gets painted as a greedy bastard? Who is the real sucker here
Phablet
A phone that is bigger than an average phone but smaller than a tablet
Tim: That thing looks like shit. What is it?
Sarah: Oh it's my phablet
zazpowered over 9 years agoFuck you money
When you make enough money from a startup or job that you can basically do whatever you want. Usually from equity after a liquidity event.
Engineering manager: Congrats on the IPO everybody. See you guys on Monday.
Engineer: I'm not sure about that
Manager: You think you can do whatever you want now you have that fuck you money?
Engineer: Sorry sir. I just got a little excited
zazpowered over 9 years agoIn the single comma club now... :/
@SingleCommaClub that's not bad. you will get to two commas soon
Vanity Metrics
Useless data that looks good but does not necessarily correlate real success.
Bob: Our website gets a million views daily!
Mark: How many of them are you converting to paid users?
Bob: Well.. we are still working on that.
serge over 9 years agoTopchart vanity metrics list http://www.topchart.io/lists/vanity-metrics
Big 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 agoTechnical Social Media Manager
Somebody who in addition to being able to retweet and favorite tweets mentioning their company's name also knows basic HTML.
I've managed to carve a nice niche for myself by learning how to bold text using html
zazpowered over 9 years ago10x Engineer
A concept sometimes used in Silicon Valley to describe an engineer that is 10x more productive than an average engineer although the 10x metric is figurative. Sometimes referred to as "Ninjas", these engineers are highly sought after by all tech companies.
Jim: You gave me 100 resumes but none of these guys are 10x engineers. Why hire a few of these guys to slow us down when a 10x engineer is so much more productive?
zazpowered over 9 years agoThey can be found here: http://10x.engineer
Awesome Journey
Used when a startup has failed. Intend to give a positive spin on what is a gut wrenching moment.
While our startup has failed, it has been an awesome journey.
beenpoor over 9 years agoAka a Medium post.
Also known as an "Incredible Journey", as in http://ourincrediblejourney.tumblr.com/
Facebook 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 agoNon-technical Cofounder
A Wharton MBA who will overestimate the value of his idea and underestimate the value of the person who will implement it. Often wonders why his technical cofounders leave him and the apps they build look like shit and get hacked all the time.
Non-technical Cofounder: Why do all these technical cofounders leave me? Did they not see the MBA from Wharton in my email? I'm telling you right now, I know how to write a business plan. I even offered the last guy 10% of my company.
zazpowered over 9 years agoWorked with a guy just like this before. We had tons of competition doing the exact same thing but dude refused to change his ideas or strategy at all. Happy it was contract work.
Also known as "Ideas Guy"
As opposed to a technical cofounder that shaves yaks because they have no clue about business?
Popular phrase: "Looking for a technical co-founder"
Microsoft
A company built around the fact that Bob from accounting exists.
Hacker 1: Are you going to Microsoft's big data hackathon?
Hacker 2: No, winning prizes are only for those who analyse csv dumps in Microsoft Excel.
Mrandrewandrade over 9 years ago@Username Ignore
When someone mentions a famous person in a semi-popular tweet, but is brutally ignored by the person they mentioned.
Jerry: Did you see the Sam Altman tweet, tagging Snoop Dog saying how he would've been an awesome candidate as the new CEO of reddit. George: Yeah Snoop @Username Ignored him though. I feel bad for him. Really left the guy hanging.
yungsnuggie over 9 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 over 9 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 over 9 years agoAmazing
Web Developer / Programmer
The distinction between a web developer/programmer and software engineer is that a software engineer generally has a theoretical CS education and is knowledgable in the areas of algorithms, data structures and architecture whereas a web developer/programmer simply knows how to program. At this point the line is pretty blurry but some engineers like the distinction so they can feel better about themselves.
Tim: Look at that idiot over there. He doesn't know anything about algorithms and he didn't even go to college.
David: Sure but isn't what he does day to day exactly what you do.
Tim: Yes but I went to MIT
zazpowered over 9 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 over 9 years ago
I need to start using this
@zazpowered haha yeah