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Workers who love ‘synergizing paradigms’ might be bad at their jobs (news.cornell.edu)
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YA THINK?

“Corporate bullshit is a specific style of communication that uses confusing, abstract buzzwords in a functionally misleading way,” said Littrell, a postdoctoral researcher in the College of Arts and Sciences. “Unlike technical jargon, which can sometimes make office communication a little easier, corporate bullshit confuses rather than clarifies. It may sound impressive, but it is semantically empty.”

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[+] 33 points 8 months ago (8 children)
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  • [–] 14 points 8 months ago (6 children)

    I did the same. Worked as an IT Problem Manager for one of the worlds largest oil companies for 6 years. Got tired of the bullshit, now I work as a developer in a small company. Pay is way less, but man, an I happier now than 10 years ago!

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  • [–] 1 point 8 months ago (2 children)

    Someone will have to fix and maintain the tidal wave of slop being generated right now. Programming will remain an incredibly valuable skill and hiring will pick back up when this LLM mania ends.

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  • [–] 1 point 8 months ago

    Problem as evidenced by a lot of outsourcing success is that the people cutting the checks are not fazed by broken software.

    This applies to a lot of industries where laypeople are at the mercy of 'expertise', a lot of folks doing things like HVAC or auto mechanics are actually not that good, and while they are the bane of the good HVAC and mechanics, they manage to secure market share just fine. Yes, there are mechanics that have crappier mechanics to thank for them having some stuff to fix, but the crappy mechanics can do easy stuff fine and lots of people driving with something busted because the mechanic couldn't figure it out and told the customer "yeah, it actually is normal for it to be that way".

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  • [–] 1 point 8 months ago (1 child)

    I wanna do that. How did you go from.IT to developer. I did Linux IT and aero engineering. Some MATLAB and C back in the day. Is it hard to switch?

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  • [–] 2 points 8 months ago

    Honestly, I had no programming experience. I told my wife I'm tired and need a change. Signed up for 100Devs, an intensive course, especially watching it live in the middle of night twice a week while maintaining a full-time job, but if you ask me, it paid off in the end! But man, it was a fucking hard 9 months.

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  • [–] 9 points 8 months ago

    “We really have to circle our wagons and take some of this conversation offline so we can maximize the returns from our diversity”

    Oh man, you missed an opportunity there... you could have put "Going forward" in front of it!

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