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Define: "Paradigm shift"
What HR thinks it means:
A fundamental change in approach or underlying assumptions.
What it actually means:
"Management read a book on a flight and now we have to change the entire software stack."
Use it in a meeting:
"Our new VP of Engineering announced a paradigm shift to serverless architecture, conveniently leaving before the AWS bill bankrupted the department."
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