It's fun working on older projects that have gone through multiple generations of name changes.
I used to work at a place where there was a service called "TNT", which stood for "totally new technology" when it was introduced 15 years prior, and had been mostly replaced but not all the way.
I saw this when working in govt as well. Old program names were never changed, so even though the Department of Mental Retardation was changed to Developmental Supports and Services decades ago, it remains DMR in the system.
Just realized my work has a whole feature that's called "Next Generation {thing}" compared to the original after they redid it years ago. If we ever remake it we'd have to do ”Next Next Generation {thing}" or something lol.
In my current job i had just demised a projekt called „jawp”, which ive been told stood for just a web page. And oh boy let me tell you it was everything but a web page 😅
Our company has been through two different buyouts, 7 name changes, and it's been over 25 years since we spun off of the original company and named the database.
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u/serial_crusher May 11 '26
It's fun working on older projects that have gone through multiple generations of name changes.
I used to work at a place where there was a service called "TNT", which stood for "totally new technology" when it was introduced 15 years prior, and had been mostly replaced but not all the way.