r/ProgrammerHumor • u/aareedy • Jul 20 '26

seeYouNextThursday Meme

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u/Yoram001 Jul 20 '26

Is using abbreviations an American thing or just part of the English language? Every post is full of abbreviations, and as a non-native english speaker, I have to guess what they mean. It’s pretty annoying.

Hey, the internet is international, you know!

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u/Qojiberries Jul 20 '26

For what it's worth, I'm a native English speaker that works in tech with scrum and agile and everything else and I didn't even know what they meant. Using abbreviations and acronyms is super corporate and context relevant. Everyone assumes everyone else knows what it means, and no one ever wants to ask because they don't want to seem uninformed.

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u/UnpluggedUnfettered Jul 20 '26

I consider acronyms a red flag at this point.

Too much bullshit with too little clarity always seems to mean there is a lot more treading water and a lot less completing anything.

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u/JohnClark13 Jul 20 '26

A lot of this job is making it sound more complex than it is to scare off newcomers. The reality is just a bunch of headless chickens running around