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by satanfirst 399 days ago
> pronounce incorrectly

Knowing the correct pronunciation means you watch videos or have a social group that discusses it, that doesn't mean you are necessarily competent like someone who reads primary sources.

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Or you worked in an office. Or remote on Zoom. Or you read (projects and articles often explain how to pronounce).

So you know... experience in the industry.

But I'm not even talking about the weird names for things either.

Agreed. Especially when so much jargon in software these days is made up marketing speak that has little relevance to managing electromagnetic geometry in the machine.

It’s often a very intellectually dishonest industry.