I tracked most of it as it was happening, and TBH the number of fairly well known people who played along was just staggering.

Although there is some flak being taken about making this "too real", I have an impression that many people played along because it was, in fact, very symptomatic of the hype-driven approach to tech the industry has these days.

So it wasn't just about recruiting, and resumé keyword stuffing (in fact, the recruiters aren't really to blame for the way job postings are written). It's more about how we've turned "lifelong learning" into "lifelong marketing" and buzzword bingo.

I still think it was worth the spoof, because, very much like a stream of consciousness Monty Python sketch, a lot of what people said immediately, without prompting (especially on Twitter spaces) was so very close to reality that the slight gap was hilarious.