Developers & Solution Architects
Speak with confidence in standups, design reviews and incident calls.
Phrases, meeting scenarios and technical vocabulary for software developers and solution architects working with global teams.
You read English docs easily and follow most meetings, but speaking up still feels hard.
Work scenarios
Stage 1 · Surviving meetings
Daily standup
Give a 60-second update, raise a blocker and ask for help.
Stage 1 · Surviving meetingsAsking for clarification
Ask politely when you miss something or don't know a term.
Stage 2 · Giving opinionsGiving your opinion and pushing back
Share a technical view, partly agree and push back politely.
Stage 3 · Explaining techDesign review
Present a design as context → problem → options → decision, then handle questions.
Stage 1 · Surviving meetingsSmall talk before a meeting
A few minutes of chat while waiting for everyone to join.
Phrases for you
Tech words people often mispronounce
architecture
/ˈɑːr.kə.tek.tʃɚ/
asynchronous
/eɪˈsɪŋ.krə.nəs/
authentication
/ɔːˌθen.təˈkeɪ.ʃən/
authorization
/ˌɔː.θɚ.əˈzeɪ.ʃən/
Azure
/ˈæʒ.ɚ/
bottleneck
/ˈbɑː.t̬əl.nek/
cache
/kæʃ/
char
/tʃɑːr/