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Re:Phones and apps reduce your ability to focus even when th... by nondave on Thursday March 25, 2021 @03:39PM (#26584484)
What does IC mean here?
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Re:Phones and apps reduce your ability to focus even when th... by adamesque on Thursday March 25, 2021 @03:43PM (#26584518)
individual contributor (aka someone judged on their own work output, not the output of a team like a manager or director)
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Re:Phones and apps reduce your ability to focus even when th... by posed on Thursday March 25, 2021 @05:08PM (#26585404)
I first read it as Integrated chip, lol.
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Re:Phones and apps reduce your ability to focus even when th... by augustk on Thursday March 25, 2021 @05:09PM (#26585415)
Integrated circuit?

https://blog.mitchjlee.com/2020/your-writing-style-is-costly

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Re:Phones and apps reduce your ability to focus even when th... by hintymad on Thursday March 25, 2021 @05:37PM (#26585731)
My bad. You’re right, and thanks for the link. Unfortunately the window for editing is closed.
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Re:Phones and apps reduce your ability to focus even when th... by augustk on Friday March 26, 2021 @10:48AM (#26592795)
It's okay to use a non-standard abbreviation if you spell it out the first time it's used followed by the abbreviation in parentheses, like "individual contributor (IC)", and then use the abbreviation in the rest of the text.
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Re:Phones and apps reduce your ability to focus even when th... by kawfey on Thursday March 25, 2021 @03:43PM (#26584517)
Individual contributor.
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