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SWBTATTReg

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4. I always told my IT people to speak in English, as most of our clients weren't IT people but in fact, folks on the front

Reply to justaprogressive (Original post)

Tue Mar 17, 2026, 05:31 PM

Mar 17

lines, in front-end applications such as customer service apps, numerous other apps. Some kids get too wordy, confuse the heck out of clients w/ IT speak-talk.

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Those who 'circle back' and 'synergize' also tend to be crap at their jobs - The Register [View all] justaprogressive Mar 17 OP

I work in IT, where the jargon is vastly more creative and hilarious LearnedHand Mar 17 #1

I honestly cannot tell if this is satire or not... regnaD kciN Mar 17 #2

Transgressing the Boundaries: Towards a Transformative Hermeneutics of Quantum Gravity eppur_se_muova Mar 17 #3

I always told my IT people to speak in English, as most of our clients weren't IT people but in fact, folks on the front SWBTATTReg Mar 17 #4

Sounds like Dev and Manager talk OC375 Mar 17 #5