Define: "Mugging Up" in Business
High risk of unnecessary meetings
"When interviewing someone who mugged up ask them to manually calculate a /28 subnet mask. Watch them sweat."
Rote memorization of information for the purpose of passing an assessment.
What does "Mugging Up" actually mean?
"Brain-dumping a certification exam so you can claim you know Palo Alto without ever logging into a firewall."
"He is currently mugging up on the new compliance regulations."
"The fresherFresherA 22-year-old about to be handed root access to the production environment because management refused to approve the budget for a senior engineer. spent the weekend mugging up for his CCNA but still does not know how to crimp a cable."
By The Chief Waste Officer
18 years in the corporate trenches quantifying waste so you don't have to.
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