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[–] circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

First 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 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

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 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] Septimaeus@infosec.pub 2 points 2 weeks ago

I think he meant ‘first’ as in top-most, the one with the preemptive disclaimer.