• @pdxfed@lemmy.world
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    15 months ago

    In short, consultancies.

    There are many good ones, and many rip off artists who spend as much time disguising their horseshit as they would just doing real work. At a certain point, consultancies started hiring less and less experienced people who had to sell more and more bullshit.

    Acronyms and abbreviations are psychologically powerful; they imply something is commonplace or important to the point of it not needing to be spelled out. When you suddenly coin a random one you can pretend you know something the listener doesn’t-- you’re right back to the emperor’s new clothes–most people are too scared to ask. Any industry, same shit.

    • @oo1
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      25 months ago

      I like all the acronyms and shit. It helps me know who to ignore, or avoid working for / with.