Still, an email from the megacorp has emerged, showing an incredibly earnest attempt at reaching the younglings. Posted online by a bloke whose mate was heading to San Francisco’s annual Internapalooza, the email basically rattles off a checklist of millennial buzzwords:
My roommate received this email from a Microsoft recruiter today. pic.twitter.com/90Qwr78eGO
— Patrick Burtchaell (@pburtchaell) July 6, 2016
The aftermath has been understandably brutal, not only due to the fact an established industry behemoth has been spitting off the internet’s own vocabulary in a particularly transparent and cynical manner, but because they’ve doubled-down on that fratty, Bay Area start-up stereotype with the promise of beer pong.
@pburtchaell @jacksonh wow. That’s bad from a bro-gramming startup. Much worse from MS.
— Nate Taylor (@taylonr) July 6, 2016
Oh, ICYMI, they also appeared to offer attendees “drank”, because nobody compiles bulletproof code better than a bunch o’ 20-somethings getting slizzered on cough syrup. While the precise meaning has been blurred of late (so say us, your meme-speak arbiters), it is a lil’ awk.
@pburtchaell “bae intern”? “hella noms”? “dranks”? pic.twitter.com/gAIUfrGfrx
— KebabRemovalMachine (@Kebabatron) July 6, 2016
Source: Sydney Morning Herald.
Photo: Patrick Burtchaell / Twitter.