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Founder Mode

FOWN-der mohdnoun

What it means

The practice of reasserting control over a company you already control, usually by firing people.

What it actually means

The board and I disagree.

How it is used in a sentence

"We're going back to founder mode to move faster."

Filed under

Digital Existentialism — Ideas that were briefly worth billions, explained by people who are briefly employed.

Bafflegab — The phrase means nothing. We are ridiculing it.


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10x Engineer

Digital Existentialism

ten-eks en-juh-NEERnounBafflegab

A developer whose output is ten times that of a colleague, measured in code that everyone else would rather have less of.

Real meaning

A person who is difficult in meetings.