Every proper forum has a glossary page for new visitors. I've started one for you. You're welcome TC: total compensation. Normally base+annual bonus+annual allotment of RSUs GTFO: get the fuck out, as in TC or GTFO YOE: years of experience COL: cost of living RSU: restricted stock units Refresher: annual RSUs given based on performance FANG: facebook, amazon, netflix, google - coined by Cramer as an investment term FAANG: add apple to above Vesting cycle: schedule release of RSUs over 4 year period FIRE: financial independence, retire early WLB: work-life-balance KOOL AID - when you've brainwashed to spout only your company views then you've been drinking the kool Aid KOOL AID FROM STOCK GROWTH: an irrational exuberance for proselytize your company's awesomeness due to stock growth (e.g. no one can match our TC when you look at the past few years of stock growth. Or come work here - our offer TC might be shit but stock will double, triple in 4 years) PM: product manager. some have used this to refer to program or project manager which just causes confusion. Don't do that. PGM: program manager TPM: technical program manager SETI: software engineer tools & infrastructure. Working on stuff that the public doesn't see SRE: software reliability engineer. Usually the poor souls who get paged at all hours of the day SWE>PM>TPM>PGM: TC scale by role COUNTRY CLUB: Microsoft GOIN' APE SHIT: accepted offer at Amazon. Banana intake just went up by 10x DINOSAURS: IBM, Cisco, HP, etc. Tech companies of a by-gone era. PIP: Performance Improvement Plan. More than likely on the way out ESPP: employee stock purchase plan. After tax money put aside to buy company stock at a discount. eBay and Microsoft are two companies with this perk IF YOU AIN'T CRYING, YOU AIN'T TRYING: the ruthless working conditions at Amazon as described by a NY times article few years past. Now used to describe bad WLB at any company 5'6" INDIAN: what started as an innocent post by a 5'6" Indian about his dating woes has now become an emblem of personal failure at any level. It has transcended race, religion, sex, creed, and TC. It doesn't matter who you are, what your background is, somedays you will just feel like a 5'6" Indian. Rejected after interview? You're a 5'6" Indian. Turned down by a girl/guy at social gathering? You're a 5'6" Indian. Dog pissed on you? - 5'6" Indian. In fact, on really bad days you might even see a 5'6" Indian looking back at you in the mirror. The BOY AREA: The Bay Area sausagefest MAN JOSE: San Jose sausagefest SUNNYMALE: Sunnyvale sausagefest MEN-ONLY PARK: Menlo Park sausagefest. You see a pattern here? MOUNT & DO: Mountain View sausagefest. Also what happens to you when going for promotion at Google. The Worst. Promo. Process. Period. ENTITLED MILLENNIALS: the group of workers who think they're entitled to company perks, high TC, and a say in company decisions. They are everywhere but mostly concentrated at Google. Instead of working for a nonprofit like Green Peace, PETA, or Vegansforever.com, these brats think their high TCs empowers them to the same level as directors or major shareholders - posted from bidet
About the 5'6.... Hahahahahahahsha Transcends race, gender, sex, religion!!! Lol!!!
I can tell from this post that Google has really good wlb these days. 😀
You also forgot ICE
Apart from the 5-6 INDIAN thing the rest of the post wasn’t much useful.
It absolutely is if you’re new to blind. You have a badge, so you’ve stalked blind long enough to know the terms but I constantly see posts asking what or why terms like gtfo, tc, banana, etc mean.
Bag, should I add? UBER: transportation company, on par with VTA, MUNI, CALTRAIN, BART. 😁
Lol another pro tip: If a guy tells he's got offer from a FANG, it always means Amazon. They always call out F,N or G individually if it's one of those.
lol never thought of that when seeing those posts. Good one
For “entitled millennials being concentrated in Google”: you haven’t seen Uber yet.
MAGA - Microsoft Amazon Google Apple
What about IR? From context, I believe this has something to do with Retaliation (perhaps Internal Retaliation?) but I can't figure out for certain what the abbreviation stands for.
IRL in real life
Let me guess you are a pm ?
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👏👏👏 5’6 explanation is hilarious. I would add COL: cost of living. You have LOE instead of YOE for years of experience. Did your legs go numb from sitting on toilet so long?
Thanks. Fixed. Legs numb? No, still sitting.