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Individual Contributor 

It is the arch-nemesis of the manager. The Individual Contributor (IC) is a non-management member of a business team that actually contributes to the goals and mission of the company. An IC typically talks normal, unlike management ablaze with buzz words/phrases like: synergy, low hanging fruit, things of that nature, etc.
"Who's gonna do this work today?"

"Not me, I'm a manager. It it up to my Individual Contributors to help us meet our goals this week."
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Top Contributor 

A Top Contributor on Yahoo Answersis a person who is particularly knowledgeable in up to three sections on the answers website. The specific formula is not known, but one can become a Top Contributor by doing the following:

*~Getting a lot of best answers for the category
*~Keeping questions to a minimum
*~if a question is asked, choosing the Best Answer yourself, as opposed to going letting it be decided by vote
*~Reliably reporting abuse
*~voting for best answers on unresolved questions

Top contributors are identified by the bright orange badge underneath the avatars of users. They are reviewed weekly, and if you do not maintain the previous level of contribution, you can lose top contributor status.
OMG! I just got a Top Contributor badge this week! I hope it doesn't make me the target of abuse from report trolls. But it is worth the bragging rights!

self-contributor 

1. an Employee whos the Boss doesn't understood and that why must be me again?

2. When the kid need to apoligize his Mom but will never do that. But always has done after calm down :)
ad. 1. My boss John ordered me wash his car and Even didn't ask me do I want to do or can do that. (So now I'll be a self-contributor)
ad. 2. ... everybody knows the feeling : self-contributor

Cardinal Contributor

My contribution is cardinal to the function of the current model AND it has been reported as such. These considerations were necessary to build it and it doesn't fucking matter that I threatened your kids because you are doing THIS to prove that you are doing something the stop child murder and the only person here who has stopped any child murder is me.
Hym "Cardinal contributor and no you thought I was wrong, I was proven right by time, and now you are making shit up to make everyone pretend that you being wrong did have consequences in which you are culpable. And even killing Indian college students to make it so. So, no. Enjoy the methane turbine cancer and the energy cost that is going get deferred."
Cardinal Contributor by Hym Iam October 17, 2025

Your contribution has been noted 

A sarcastic phrase used after someone gives you their unwanted opinion or advice.
Debbie: "I think you should try being a bit more social with your workmates"
Emily: "Your contribution has been noted"

Karla: "I like your dress, but that's not really your colour"
Emily: "Your contribution has been noted"

Bush's contribution to the arts. 

The looting of the Bagdad muesum in the second gulf war.
What do you think about Bush's contribution to the arts?Bush's contribution to the arts.

Contributions from Viewers like You 

Passive aggressive way PBS asks for donations.
PBS: and contributions from viewers like you. Thank You.

Viewers like you: better go contribute now, I guess.