This looks like it went viral _because_ it was entirely fictional, not in spite of it. Everyone seems in on the joke.
The industry is already recruiting senior Infinidash Engineers, demanding 5 years of expertise.
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Re: New mystery AWS product ‘Infinidash’ goes viral despite being entirely fictional
#12Earlier quoted context omitted.
The industry is already recruiting senior Infinidash Engineers, demanding 5 years of expertise.
Do you have a link? Like, are they hiring unironically?
AFAIK folks are adding this as a joke. Example: https://web.archive.org/web/20210705124241/https://jobs.leve...
Re: New mystery AWS product ‘Infinidash’ goes viral despite being entirely fictional
#13I'm expecting someone to actually make an Infinidash product now.
Re: New mystery AWS product ‘Infinidash’ goes viral despite being entirely fictional
#14Earlier quoted context omitted.
The industry is already recruiting senior Infinidash Engineers, demanding 5 years of expertise.
Those were joke ads that were literally a reply to the initial thread (that underlined that it was a joke) on Twitter.
I was just joking around, hadn't even seen the joke ads...
Re: New mystery AWS product ‘Infinidash’ goes viral despite being entirely fictional
#15I wonder if this will end up entering the lexicon like Turboencabulator.
A perfectly cromulent word.
Re: New mystery AWS product ‘Infinidash’ goes viral despite being entirely fictional
#16I tracked most of it as it was happening, and TBH the number of fairly well known people who played along was just staggering.
Although there is some flak being taken about making this "too real", I have an impression that many people played along because it was, in fact, very symptomatic of the hype-driven approach to tech the industry has these days.
So it wasn't just about recruiting, and resumé keyword stuffing (in fact, the recruiters aren't really to blame for the way job postings are written). It's more about how we've turned "lifelong learning" into "lifelong marketing" and buzzword bingo.
I still think it was worth the spoof, because, very much like a stream of consciousness Monty Python sketch, a lot of what people said immediately, without prompting (especially on Twitter spaces) was so very close to reality that the slight gap was hilarious.
Re: New mystery AWS product ‘Infinidash’ goes viral despite being entirely fictional
#17How long until AWS releases Infinidash as a self-defeating prophecy?
Re: New mystery AWS product ‘Infinidash’ goes viral despite being entirely fictional
#18It took me one day to realize it was fake. I saw it happen and started reading and listening to the Twitter spaces after a couple beers and I was like "WTF, I don't get anything about it, I must have missed so many things lately".
And yes, having so many of the influencial people talking about it in the same room like they knew what it was really made it confusing.
Thanks Ian for calling it BS the day after
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#19Re: New mystery AWS product ‘Infinidash’ goes viral despite being entirely fictional
#20For a small team though Infinidash works great. But once you start making serious revenue and growing the headcount you’re better off managing your own instances.