Comment on PhD Grads
circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org 1 month agoFirst paragraph had me laughing. Somebody has spent a lot of time in private industry and has gotten burned a few times.
Without regard for anything else you said, do you think your experience is more representative than mine?
The_v@lemmy.world 1 month ago
No - you missed my direction.
The paragraph is an overly polite way of writing to avoid any semblance of disparaging the other person. As mine was clearly written as a personal anecdote there is no need to qualify your remarks as non-derogatory.
Generally I see people develop those types of phrasing habits when they have negative experiences with misunderstanding in the past. Very common with many PhD’s communicating with MBA’s, sales or production teams. A little overly verbose but carefullly respectful to avoid conflict. It’s a very good habit to have professionally but quite funny when out of context.
circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org 1 month ago
Which?
Septimaeus@infosec.pub 1 month ago
I think he meant ‘first’ as in top-most, the one with the preemptive disclaimer.