You have no clue what you just said do you?
So why do people use terms they don’t understand? Do theythink it makes them sound smarter? Well they are wrong.
I get this email from an individual that is not stupid. He knows his job well and is an authority in his area of expertise. The problem is he is trying to ask for something that is outside his area of expertise and instead of just describing what he wants in plain english he tries to throw in a term he has heard but does not fully understand. The problem is, he used the term in a way that is completely inaccurate and not only made it hard to decipher what he actually wanted, he made himself look bad in the process.
I guess my real confusion is about why do people who are good at what they do want to seem like they know something they have little or no exposure to. I mean, sure I know computers and databases fairly well but I know when I am out of my area of knowledge. I don’t walk into a chemistry lab and start throwing around terms I don’t know. I’m not a chemist, I am not going to pretend to be a chemist. Better yet, I know databases, but I am not an Oracle DBA. When I speak with an Oracle DBA, I try to speak plainly and only use terms I truly understand so that I can communicate my needs to them. I am not the expert and I know I am not the expert so I am not going to pretend to know things I don’t.
In the end, it is my opinion that pretending to be something you are not or know something you don’t is absurd.