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Adderall
Adderall is a drug that some startup founders and employees use for heightened attention, energy and awareness so they can perform better at work. It is normally used to treat those with ADHD and ADD
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zazpowered over 9 years agoEarly Engineer at Successful Company
Instead of buying a nice watch or a super car, rich people in Silicon Valley will flaunt either their title, such as early engineer at Twitter or their star investors, such as Andreessen Horowitz, because it implies they have a lot of money.
Tim: Why do you always introduce yourself as an early employee at Facebook. Isn't that a little pretentious?
David: But.. but I drive a Prius.. and I'm wearing a plain t-shirt.
zazpowered over 9 years agoHumorification
Like gamification except you add elements of humor to your product to make it more interesting and engaging.
Tim: What does Agile mean? I hate reading dictionaries I feel like I'm back in college.
Chris: http://svdictionary.com/words/agile
Tim: Wow that's amazing. I'm going to visit this site everyday
zazpowered over 9 years agoAPI
Software that lets applications interact with other applications that you don't own.
Whenever Pinterest prompts users to use Facebook login, you're using a Facebook API
GoogleEngineer over 9 years agoBacklink
A backlink is an inbound link to a webpage. Search engine rankings are heavily based on the number of quality backlinks a webpage has because it is a signal of popularity and importance. Anchor text is the descriptive label of a backlink and determines how relevant the link is to a web page.
This is a backlink to Google with anchor text "Google"
zazpowered over 9 years agoThe Founder Industrial Complex
Describes the institution of increasing the number of founders (and new companies) in a given area to increase spending on early stage services that venture capitalists already fund.
In order to take advantage of this founder industrial complex, we're using our VC money to create a web-tool that instantly sets up a splash page for 10$ a month to capitalize on the increase of incorporated startups in this area.
yungsnuggie over 9 years agoSoylent Diet
Refers to the diet of busy entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley. Instead of eating like normal human beings these entrepreneurs drink Soylent, a powered meal replacement, because it is more efficient than chewing and using knife and fork.
Check out this New York Times article for more about this interesting phenomenon.
Matthew: Wow have you heard of Soylent? It will allow me to work throughout the day without wasting any time to eat like these foodies out here. I only wish it came in a backpack so I could attach a feeding tube between it and my stomach and have it on the go.
zazpowered over 9 years agoJared
A forgettable person. Often boring but quite intelligent, but usually so socially awkward that a person's mind will naturally attempt to suppress any memory of interactions with 'Jared'. This further contributes to Jared's forgettability.
Bill: "Jared, what's the status of the new payments module?"
Jared: "My name is David.. and the module is finished, daily revenue is up by 86% "
Bill: "Really? that's great! thanks Jared I'll let everyone know."
benjamin_james over 9 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 over 9 years agoIn the wild
Seeing a new technology out in the real world, not just at launches and demos.
Have you spotted the new Google car in the wild yet?
spectrumed over 9 years agoIPO
Stands for initial public offering and is when the stock of a company becomes available to the public for purchase.
Jim: Half of my company has now left after our IPO because of all the fuck you money generated
pygmyknight over 9 years agoI want advice
What startup founders will tell VCs when they really want funding but don't want to ask directly because they think they will be shot down right away.
John: Hey Marc Andreessen. We have this new app that's like Vine except the videos are 10 seconds long because we think that's more optimal. I would like some advice.
Marc: Do you really want advice or are you just here for funding? I prefer when people are direct.
John: Sorry we really just wanted funding.
Marc: No
pygmyknight over 9 years agoThe Control Alt Delete Solution
The go to action one conducts when they have no idea how to fix something. The control-alt-delete combination is a Windows command that summons a Task Manager to help shut down any program that's bugging out.
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GoogleEngineer over 9 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 over 9 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 over 9 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 over 9 years agoThe Auto-Touch Reflex
The propensity for anyone born after 2000 to touch the screen of any electronic device (thinking it's like an IPad or IPhone)
I gave my nephew the IPod 1 and it took him 10 minutes to figure out how to move through the songs and navigate it. He had the auto-touch reflex where he kept touching the screen to pick the song, until later he found out the wheel on the bottom was the only way.
GoogleEngineer over 9 years agohahah. I do this now sometimes
San 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 ago4 Year Vesting
You get a percentage of a total amount of stock allocation that cashes in yearly intervals until your 4th year.
Also another way of saying "I know it's tempting to leave, but we want you to stay while you're still young."
Zeeshan: You should start your own company. You're smart enough and have know enough people to recruit a strong founding team.
Kunal: Definitely! We should! I just need to wait until I'm 30 and my shares at Pied Piper vest!
Zeeshan: That's how they get you.
yungsnuggie over 9 years agoGithub Flexing
Sharing your Github profile in as many places as possible with the intention of showing off all the work you've done on various projects.
Mark: Fuck Ryan is such a God. He showed me his github last night and now I'm sure we won't be able to beat him in the Hackathon. Vanessa: Nah don't worry, he's just Github flexing
yungsnuggie over 9 years ago
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