I'm a data engineer that processes 2 billion row 3000 column datasets every day, and I open shit in Excel with more than 60k rows. What the hell is this chick talking about?

[–] zenpocalypse@lemm.ee 27 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Seems like a good excuse to someone who doesn't know what they're doing and needs an excuse because why they haven't completed it yet?

The whole post is complete bs in multiple ways. So weird.

[–] Akasazh@feddit.nl 6 points 1 month ago

If you work for a boss that fundamentally misunderstands what you are doing, then misleading them into thinking you're 'hard at work, making decisions with consequences' is the theatre you put up to keep the cash flowing.

It's one of the fundamental flows of autocracy, people try and represent what you want them to

[–] psivchaz@reddthat.com 4 points 1 month ago

It sounds like Hollywood tech lingo. Like when you're watching a movie or a TV show and the designated techy character starts just saying computer words that make no actual sense in the real world, but I guess in CSI: Idiottown the hard drives have severe overheating issues.

[–] bitjunkie@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Diming on her own stupidity without realizing it, like all of them do