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  • Random Geekrandomgeek@masto.hackers.town
    Feb 21, 2026, 6:16 PM

    Translation for lay(ish) people

    “Move fast” : management decisions are absolute P0 and based on some billionaire’s last tweet. Everything else goes in the backlog. Especially error reports.

    “Act like an owner” : be ready to take the fall when the whole thing falls apart (but actually fixing stuff is for a mythical backlog sprint)

    “Thrive in ambiguity” : everything is P0. You get to figure out which are important. Hint: probably not the fixes.

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  • Glyphglyph@mastodon.social
    Feb 21, 2026, 6:33 PM

    @randomgeek it made me laugh out loud that "absolute P0" and "backlog sprint" feel like "layperson" things to say, to you 🤣

    (for actual laypeople, although this is not *that* hard to guess from context: PX where X is an integer from 0-9 is common tech industry slang for "priority", P0 is typically the "immediate potentially-business-ending emergency" ticket classification)

    as I was just lamenting tech culture's decay, thank you for bringing me a moment of joy with some shared cultural context

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  • Óscar Morales VivóMyLittleMetroid@sfba.social
    Feb 21, 2026, 8:08 PM

    @randomgeek when I hear “thriving on ambiguity” from management I hear “could you do our job in addition to yours” among other things.

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