2 definitions by Goldie Horn

resource pool

"Pool" of human resources in an IT company, waiting to go on a project. Most big companies maintain a group of skilled programmers to be put on the job when a project comes up. Programmers in an organisation in between jobs.

Though Santosh enjoyed programming, sometimes he loved waiting in the resource pool since it gave him loads of free time to fool around on the net.

by Goldie Horn July 12, 2006

on the bench

Common jargon used in the IT industry to describe programmers waiting between jobs.

After leaving Syntel, Santosh went nearly mental sitting on the bench for months before he found a job at Macrosoft.

by Goldie Horn July 11, 2006