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10x Engineer

ten-eks en-juh-NEERnoun

What it means

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

What it actually means

A person who is difficult in meetings.

How it is used in a sentence

"He's a genuine 10x engineer, you just have to manage around him."

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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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