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JARGON DICTIONARY · 18 ENTRIES
amateur photographer¹²
/ˈæmətər fəˈtɒɡrəfər/
noun
- 1. someone who bought a DSLR camera and now only uses portrait mode on their iPhone.
- 2. a person whose camera roll is 90% photos of their cat and 10% blurry sunsets.
amateur writer¹³
/ˈæmətər ˈraɪtər/
noun
- 1. someone with a 'Drafts' folder full of 50 half-finished blog posts.
- 2. a person who spends more time picking a font than actually writing.
builder²
/ˈbɪldər/
noun
- 1. someone who creates things from scratch instead of just complaining about them on Twitter.
- 2. a person who spends 10 hours automating a 5-minute manual task.
creator¹⁶
/kri(ː)ˈeɪtər/
noun
- 1. someone who spends 5 hours editing a video that will get 12 views.
- 2. a modern term for someone who refuses to get a real job.
cto⁴
/siː-tiː-əʊ/
noun
- 1. Chief Technology Officer.
- 2. the person who gets blamed when production goes down on a Friday night.
- 3. a glorified senior developer who now spends half their time in spreadsheets.
foodie¹⁷
/ˈfuːdi/
noun
- 1. a person who refuses to eat their meal until they've taken at least 5 photos from different angles.
- 2. someone who thinks knowing the difference between macaron and macaroon makes them superior.
founder³
/ˈfaʊndər/
noun
- 1. someone who trades 40 hours a week working for someone else, for 80 hours a week working for themselves.
- 2. professional fire extinguisher and anxiety enthusiast.
founding engineer⁸
/ˈfaʊndɪŋ ˌɛndʒɪˈnɪər/
noun
- 1. a software developer who traded a stable salary for equity and a severe caffeine addiction.
- 2. someone who wrote the original legacy code everyone is now trying to refactor.
full stack engineer⁵
/fʊl-stæk/
adjective
- 1. capable of working on both front-end and back-end without crying.
- 2. a master of none, but occasionally knows how to center a div.
generalist¹
/ˈdʒɛn(ə)rəlɪst/
noun
- 1. not to be confused with journalist.
- 2. a person who calls himself competent in several different fields or activities but in reality is just a day dreamer.
home chef⁷
/həʊm ʃɛf/
noun
- 1. someone who considers adding an extra clove of garlic to a recipe a culinary breakthrough.
- 2. a person who buys $200 worth of ingredients to make a meal that costs $15 at a restaurant.
jack of all trades¹⁴
/dʒæk əv ɔːl treɪdz/
noun
- 1. master of absolutely none. often found googling basic syntax for a language they claim to know.
- 2. a fancy way of saying 'I don't know what I want to do with my life'.
LinkedIn
/lɪŋktˈɪn/
noun
- A place where adults pretend to work but use the platform to make new friends.
polyglot⁹
/ˈpɒlɪɡlɒt/
noun
- 1. a programmer who can write 'Hello World' in 15 languages but can't configure webpack in any.
- 2. someone who speaks 5 languages but still can't communicate with the marketing team.
startup bootstrapper¹⁰
/ˈstɑːtʌp ˈbuːtstræpər/
noun
- 1. a founder who uses open-source software not because they believe in the community, but because they are broke.
- 2. someone who considers ramen noodles a legitimate business expense.
thinker¹¹
/ˈθɪŋkər/
noun
- 1. a person who stares at a blank screen for 3 hours and calls it 'architectural planning'.
- 2. someone who has 40 tabs open and zero idea what they were originally researching.
wannabe action director¹⁵
/ˈwɒnəbi ˈækʃ(ə)n dɪˈrɛktər/
noun
- 1. someone who thinks adding aggressive zoom transitions to a screen recording makes it a Michael Bay film.
- 2. a person who visualizes dramatic slow-motion sequences while walking to the grocery store.
web developer⁶
/wɛb dɪˈvɛləpər/
noun
- 1. not a spider.
- 2. a person who wishes to be spiderman.
- 3. a person who can use google better than you to make websites work.