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by tabtab 2541 days ago
What's the common slang for that? "Buzzword Surfer"?
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I've heard it referred as a "magpie developer":

https://blog.codinghorror.com/the-magpie-developer/

though that's less for a competitive advantage and more because new tech is shiny

middle manager?
Most buzzword pushers are architects or similar in my experience. I suppose that's arguably "middle manager".