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Apr. 6th, 2006 10:28 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mangosteenI desire to re-route the connotations of a word, and its usage.
I despise the verb-form of the word "architect", specifically when it's used by some computer-industry Howard Roark wannabe* who wants to talk up their network/software/system design, because they are so far up themselves that they got the full text of The Fountainhead tatooed on the insides of their eyelids.
If I hear someone "architected" a solution, I figure one of two things has happened.
1) It's a random design that they want to talk up because they know it's pretty boring otherwise.
2) It's a design that's looks pretty and was done without any consideration of reality.
Assignment: Picture yourself in a meeting where someone says that they "architected a solution". Assume no political ramifications for mockery of said person. How would you correct their usage?
*Such a thing to aspire to. Eugh.
I despise the verb-form of the word "architect", specifically when it's used by some computer-industry Howard Roark wannabe* who wants to talk up their network/software/system design, because they are so far up themselves that they got the full text of The Fountainhead tatooed on the insides of their eyelids.
If I hear someone "architected" a solution, I figure one of two things has happened.
1) It's a random design that they want to talk up because they know it's pretty boring otherwise.
2) It's a design that's looks pretty and was done without any consideration of reality.
Assignment: Picture yourself in a meeting where someone says that they "architected a solution". Assume no political ramifications for mockery of said person. How would you correct their usage?
*Such a thing to aspire to. Eugh.
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Date: 2006-04-08 12:43 am (UTC)I would probably say something easy, like "you mean designed". However, if the person was sufficiently above me in the hierarchy, I'd probably just keep quiet.
However, if the person either responded poorly to my correction, or failed to show some indication that he was using "architected" in a humorous way, I would probably cease to pay any attention to what he had to say, as he's just demonstrated that he is a marketing hack with no apparent redeeming value. If I did have to deal with his output, I would go over it with a fine-tooth comb, with full expectation of finding that it was at best inefficient, if not completely unworkable.