I've heard all this shit before - that the guys in charge are listening to your efforts, that your concerns are being taken under advisement and that the end result will something everyone will appreciate. What people here especially hate most of all is fucking corporate speak they've heard a thousand times before and despite from the bottom of their hearts. It's patronizing to the audience who know exactly how things will play out. They always follow the same formula
True. One problem Slashdot/Dice has here is that so many in this community are actually in the industry and recognize and see through the corporate bullshit they just tried out here. (Kind of like when clueless IT fuckups try to use their standard lies on better-informed software developers.) Second problem is that Slashdot types have both the ability and the precedence for forking projects when needed.
One problem that we have is that, like all conglomerates, the Slashdot branch of Dice is probably fairly s
(Kind of like when clueless IT fuckups try to use their standard lies on better-informed software developers.)
Yeah, but at least in the workplace the people the lies are targeted at have to pretend they can't see through them. In the end if the company wants to pay you to help it fail, well, it is a paycheck you can collect while you look for something better.
In the case of people you aren't paying if you pull a Digg, OpenOffice, or XFree86 the results have already been demonstrated...
Good ol' corporate speak (Score:5, Insightful)
I've heard all this shit before - that the guys in charge are listening to your efforts, that your concerns are being taken under advisement and that the end result will something everyone will appreciate. What people here especially hate most of all is fucking corporate speak they've heard a thousand times before and despite from the bottom of their hearts. It's patronizing to the audience who know exactly how things will play out. They always follow the same formula
People complained loudly to Microsoft re
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True. One problem Slashdot/Dice has here is that so many in this community are actually in the industry and recognize and see through the corporate bullshit they just tried out here. (Kind of like when clueless IT fuckups try to use their standard lies on better-informed software developers.) Second problem is that Slashdot types have both the ability and the precedence for forking projects when needed.
One problem that we have is that, like all conglomerates, the Slashdot branch of Dice is probably fairly s
Re:Good ol' corporate speak (Score:2)
(Kind of like when clueless IT fuckups try to use their standard lies on better-informed software developers.)
Yeah, but at least in the workplace the people the lies are targeted at have to pretend they can't see through them. In the end if the company wants to pay you to help it fail, well, it is a paycheck you can collect while you look for something better.
In the case of people you aren't paying if you pull a Digg, OpenOffice, or XFree86 the results have already been demonstrated...
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"Yeah, but at least in the workplace the people the lies are targeted at have to pretend they can't see through them."
I've never done that. Up to and including calling a guy out on it at my workplace last night.