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(1). When you haven’t heard back from a prospect in a really long time despite several follow-ups (hint: they did not hire you).
“Boy, ever since our initial meeting, it’s been radio silence from those guys. Maybe I should send them a fruit basket or something. I don’t know…”
(1). A term used by developers to describe a quick and temporary fix for a problem on a website. While the plan is to only have this quick fix up for a few days until the problem can be permanently corrected, it usually remains in place for years and well beyond the tenure of the developer who originally installed it.
“Hey Scott, what can we do about those images not rendering correctly on the site?”
“I’ll have to look into it but I can put a band aid on it for now so that the site functions correctly.”
FAST FORWARD 6 YEARS
“Yea I don’t know this guy Scott who worked here a few years back said he was working on it…images still don’t render correctly.”
(1). A rule that is kinda, sorta meant to be followed (you know, like the Tax Code).
“Well, I wouldn’t say it’s a hard and fast rule … more of a best practice, I think. Irregardless, you might want to stop smacking your secretary in the ass every time she gets your travel right, Bill.”
