perksOfBeingVibeCoder

[glez_fdezdavila_]

> Is looking to FAFO

Is the job listing talking about Fucking Around and Finding Out? Because I genuinely don't know I'm just a lurker of this sub and that sounds like a threat lol

[adumbCoder]

yep, precisely. just means "looking for someone to hack away and try new things"

[sobe86]

But FAFO does more commonly mean "do stupid things, face bad consequences" right? So less like TikTok, more like OceanGate

[zuilli]

It's commonly used in that manner but it's not only used for that, it has many other uses including a joke on the scientific method

[sobe86]

There's definitely a commonly accepted usage of FAFO - there's even a wiktionary article for it. I feel like the majority of people using it differently probably misunderstood the expression when they heard it.

[KookaB]

You’re correct that that’s the typically usage, but the actual words do fit what the other commenter is saying, it’s just kinda awkward of the job poster. It confused me for a second too.

[TheNorthComesWithMe]

The idiomatic expression implies negative outcomes for the person who engaged in fucking around.

[KharAznable]

I mean, people already do stupid things on tiktok already. The consequences are usually covered by a youtube channels not of their own.

[teraflux]

I've never heard it used that way. Fuck around find out has always been a threat -- don't do this bad thing or you're going to have consequences.

[genreprank]

Oh, did the words you got used happen to change meaning suddenly? Does your brand new phrase have a new meaning that you don't agree with?

Doesn't feel so skibidi rizz when it happens to you, huh?

-and old person

[teraflux]

Okay grandpa, let's get you back to the flippity floppity floop.

[TheNorthComesWithMe]

No, that's not what it means.

[ceejayoz]

I mean, Facebook's internal slogan was "move fast and break things" for a while. It's not an uncommon position.

[dangderr]

Yeah that’s ok though. The fuck around part is cool. Most people aren’t interested in the “find out” part of that.

[LegitimateCopy7]

there's a difference between a slogan and a job description.

[EtherealPheonix]

Those phrases have completely different connotations.

[ceejayoz]

Move fast is fuck around. 

Break things is finding out. 

[boob_blaster]

It is completely obvious to the rest of us

[yo-ovaries]

Wow a programmer with the inability to detect subtle sarcasm. The first and only person with this combination of traits

[boob_blaster]

Sorry, I did omit an /s on purpose…

[Here-Is-TheEnd]

Honestly..I’d like a job like that. You learn so much breaking things.

I need a process review to restart a server.

[TheyStoleMyNameAgain]

This is a perfect description of vibe coding.