Say What?
September 25th, 2005
BBC News alerts us to a survey of 1,000 workers by U.K. recruiter Computer People that finds two-thirds of office workers feeling bewildered and inadequate due to technology jargon.
The top five most commonly used jargon terms: bandwith, html, hostname, alias, and IP address.
“Over half (56%) of those surveyed said that IT professionals ‘speak another language,’ ” reports Computer People, “with two fifths (40%) saying that they feel IT staff are unaware of the confusion that tech jargon causes.”
September 27th, 2005 at 8:58 am
As a non-techie in a tech world, I can add to Computer People’s quote: they aren’t just “unaware” of the confusion. They also don’t care. Their world is their world, and they’re happy in it, and they don’t care if others join them or not.
And that’s not to say I don’t like my co-workers. I like most of them very much. But they are a breed apart. 🙂