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Re:Department of Defense and Department of Commerce to Devel... by aWidebrant on Tuesday January 12, 2021 @03:09AM (#25743763)
Personally, I'll have the former style of business jargon over the latter. Sure, "leverage the innovative" doesn't mean anything, but at least it's not actively infantilizing.
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Re:Department of Defense and Department of Commerce to Devel... by TeMPOraL on Tuesday January 12, 2021 @09:54AM (#25747653)
Doesn't sound infantilizing to me. It reads like normal people talk. That's good.

Infantilizing is what 'Frondo refers to, "ninja rock stars" job descriptions. What they have in common with business jargon is using a lot of words to communicate near-zero actual content. They use language to press emotional buttons in the audience to create a desired atmosphere (importance and fun, respectively).

I think GP did a really good job, and I prefer their take.

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Re:Department of Defense and Department of Commerce to Devel... by Frondo on Tuesday January 12, 2021 @04:21AM (#25744280)
Yeah, seems like trying to get away from the business speak got us to job descriptions that call for ninja rock stars. I'll take the business jargon.
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