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"Scrum master", "daily scrum standup", and "product owner" aren't programmer phrasings, those are mangement phrasings in the field of software.

There's plenty of other actual programmer phrases you could have put here, but it's somewhat telling to me that your sentence of programmer phrases actually has more management phrases.



"Somewhat telling"

I see what you did there, nice ad hominem. But don't worry, proper Computer Engineer here, with a capital E.

But the example holds, despite your ad hominem.


It is somewhat telling in that management phrases being passed as programming phrases shows how widespread the problem is.

Not that you are a manager. At least, that is what I assume you mean by calling it an ad hominem.

I probably could have worded it better.


Even manager doesn't mean much. There are managers (manage people) and manager (managed a business, process, product, etc).

"Management" is manager (business). An engineering manager isn't management, is just a people manager.

Engineering phrases made it to business, and business phrases made it to engineering, that is normal. Berating a profession because you don't understand their lingo is pointless.

And the issue isn't you accusing me of being a manager, but implying that that is bad in some way.




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