Career limiting move
career limiting move
jargon
(CLM, Sun) Any action endangering one’s future prospects of getting plum projects and raises, and possibly one’s job. E.g. “His Halloween costume was a parody of his manager. He won the prize for “best CLM”.” A severe bug discovered by a customer might be a “CLM bug”.
(2000-08-09)
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