3 definitions by ProductRoom35

zoom jail

When you're in more than 4 hours of zoom video conference calls in one day.

Significant other: You look awful. What happened? You: I was in zoom jail for 7 hours today.

by ProductRoom35 May 27, 2020

hipster adjacent

(1) Someone who appears to be a hipster due to clothing, mannerisms, and cultural preferences, but in fact is not a hipster due to being very successful and happy in a corporate job.
(2) A corporate hipster.

Me: "want to meet up in Wicker Park later and talk about open source software?" Hipster Adjacent Friend: "No, tonight isn't good, I want to get carryout from Wasabi and need to commit and push the new code update to my fork in GitHub before midnight."

by ProductRoom35 May 27, 2020

out-house recruiter

(1) When you get an email or LinkedIn message from a recruiter who implies he/she is retained by a company to recruit for a job, but in fact he/she is submitting unsolicited candidates for a role.
(2) The opposite of an in-house recruiter / retained search.

Out-house recruiter: "Hi, I'm writing since you'd be great for an analyst role I'm trying to fill." Me: "Is this a retained search?" Out-house recruiter: "No." Me: "No thanks" and then I recommend a colleague I hate and I hope will take a different job, if by some miracle the out-house recruiter is able to place the candidate.

by ProductRoom35 May 27, 2020