You do know that corporations also use terms like “lol”, “aka” or even “ic” meaning integrated circuits.

No acronym is universal.

You can overload acronyms with dozens of different meanings.

But still, IC is common as individual contributor. Case in point: Microsoft uses it as a filter on their career site. Not exactly a small company…

IC is a common term used for non-manager type roles.

Man if they were worth that much, I would create thousands of them😂

Cyberpunk 2077 has an audio summary of what’s going on as if it was a new cast on the radio