Software Dictionary for Potential Employees

I am compiling a vocabulary list to help programmers better understand what is really being asked of them when they read a job site ad. Please feel free to send me more in the comments section.

Aggressive Schedules - Significantly less time than it will take you to complete the project correctly, if at all. Yes, it will still be your fault.

Fast Paced Environment - High stress shop that makes overseas garment industry sweat shops look like a vacation in the Bahamas. Also see "Aggressive Schedules"

Great Opportunity - You must have a minimum of 5 years experience in the following technologies: .Net (both C# and VB), VB 6.0, ASP.Net, Classic ASP, MVC, LINQ, AGILE Development experience, Java, javascript, AJAX, WCF, WPF, Silverlight, XML, XSLT, HTML, Multi-Threading, Reflection, Generics, Anonymous Types, Serialization, COM Interop, Emitting dynamic assemblies, Asynchronous design patterns, MFC, SQL Server 2008, SSIS, SSRS, Sharepoint, MSMQ, MQ, Linux, J2EE, JMS, JBoss in a clustered environment. In addition an easy going personality, willing to work some overtime as needed, must be available via cell phone weekends. Salary $30,000 with unlimited growth potential.

Strong Verbal and Communication Skills - Sorry, no one from India, China , Russia  or Arkansas need apply.

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