Stop Saying 'It Depends on the Application'

Published May 16, 2013 00:00 AM

"It depends on the application" has to be the worst saying in the industry.

It conveys no information. Worse, it is almost always delivered in a condescending, curt manner, as if the responder was somehow proving they are smarter than the questioner, without any attempt at a genuine explanation.

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