Explanation: In 1999, everyone was worried about all computers breaking down at the start of the year 2000 (Y2K). The buzzword was that every new technology had to be Y2K compliant, and this is just a natural extension of that.
Hmmm . . I just noticed that the publication messed up my caption — “client” should have an apostrophe “s”. It should be “major client's lunch”.
Explanation: In 1999, everybody was concerned that all computer systems would break down on January 1st, 2000. So being “year 2000 compliant” was the buzzword phrase of the moment for all new technologies — and I figured it could apply to job applicants as well.
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