When people ask me what I do for work...

Newworld

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Dec 29th 2010, 18:33:46

I guess job title's like "Computer Programmer" or "Software Engineer" are still considered foreign to most people as I'm always surprised at the number of confused faces or responses like "So does that mean you know how to use Microsoft Word?" I get when someone asks me what I do.
I think from now on I'm just going to tell people that I'm an "African Bat Cave Scavenger" so they can give me the same strange look and we can move on to whatever they really want to talk about...

pew pew pew

kemo

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Dec 29th 2010, 18:43:20

i always recommend butter churn engineer for amish people

all praised to ra

Ruthie

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Dec 29th 2010, 18:51:50

Originally posted by Newworld:

I think from now on I'm just going to tell people that I'm an "African Bat Cave Scavenger" so they can give me the same strange look and we can move on to whatever they really want to talk about...

Instead they will be looking at your shoes to see how much guano you stepped in.

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trep

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Dec 29th 2010, 18:59:34

Eh...when you tell people that (I'm in the same boat) people just go...oh so can you fix my computers?

joe2

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Dec 29th 2010, 19:04:05

Originally posted by trep:

Eh...when you tell people that (I'm in the same boat) people just go...oh so can you fix my computers?

and I say nope not interested

mazooka

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Dec 29th 2010, 19:17:18

haha...you dont even know. i dont even hesitate in asnwering anymore because i love the responses i get when i tell people. im ceo of a medical marijuana collective. what then comes out of peoples mouth is always a suprise. this topic comes up every day with me lol

anoniem

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Dec 29th 2010, 19:28:53

Mazooka!!

re(ally)tired

Rockman

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Dec 29th 2010, 19:31:38

collectives have a ceo?

NukEvil

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Dec 29th 2010, 19:36:32

I always need to tell people that I can't talk about it whenever they ask me what I do. Some interesting facial expressions...

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Akula

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Dec 29th 2010, 20:16:04

bat poop ftw!

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H4xOr WaNgEr

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Dec 29th 2010, 20:21:03

I'm very surprised to hear that there would be a lot of people unaware of those job titles (and what they entail)

Dibs Ludicrous

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Dec 29th 2010, 21:35:57

i just do computer junk. my clients don't even know what i do, they're just happy that i do it.

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mazooka

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Dec 29th 2010, 21:49:18

collectives have a ceo when they are set up as a not for profit mutual beneficial corporation rockman. been a while ano =) nice to see you around.

Pang

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Dec 29th 2010, 22:23:11

heh I feel your pain, Newworld!

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Pang

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Dec 29th 2010, 22:23:28

also, why aren't you coding boxcar then? :p

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Chewi

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Dec 29th 2010, 22:36:16

Do you really want Nubworlds to code boxcar?

dustfp

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Dec 29th 2010, 22:52:17

I work at a datacentre, and non-IT people have absolutely no idea what that means, so I constantly have to explain :p

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ocmatrix

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Dec 29th 2010, 23:06:44

i'm an Underwater Basket Weaver, myself.

Junky

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Dec 30th 2010, 0:45:31

The IT people in the place I work at are retarded... and or have no Idea what they are doing... sorta like old people and the Geek squads of Best Buy... I knew I wasn't gonna get a correct ram piece when a 70 year old Geek Squad member walked up and asked me what I was looking for..

I Maybe Crazy... But atleast I'm crazy.

Vinag

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Dec 30th 2010, 6:18:24

I am a topless flight steward. It sounds seksi, but it is not!

Akula

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Dec 30th 2010, 18:10:08

^^ head got chopped off in a nasty accident involving some nuns, a dead parrot and several bicycles

Originally posted by dustfp:

I work at a datacentre, and non-IT people have absolutely no idea what that means, so I constantly have to explain :p

non-IT peeps have that down as library ... those that know think ... BIG toaster ;)

Edited By: Akula on Dec 30th 2010, 18:13:47
See Original Post

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ponderer

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Dec 30th 2010, 19:05:53

The main dilemma I face when I tell people what I do for a living:
http://architexts.us/2010/02/28/stereotypes/

m0m0rific

Helmet

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Dec 31st 2010, 15:54:11

I'm a controller and nobody seems to know what that is. I was at the dentist and the lady asked me what I controlled. haha

lol @ ponderer

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Servant

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Dec 31st 2010, 16:04:12

heh
when I tell people what I do for a living

they run!

Z is #1

wsly

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Dec 31st 2010, 16:31:15

I deliver beer, booze and things like coca cola to pubs, restaurants, hotels, parties etc.

I also drink it.

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Dibs Ludicrous

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Dec 31st 2010, 18:33:12

you drink IT? how do you do that? do you have like a huge blender or do you put IT through a wood chipper first, then blend them?

and no, you specified beer, booze, things and coca cola... that's 4 its.

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Ozzite

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Dec 31st 2010, 20:21:29

Originally posted by mazooka:

collectives have a ceo when they are set up as a not for profit mutual beneficial corporation rockman. been a while ano =) nice to see you around.

maz, HIGHer me =] seriously..I'll be a taste tester :-P

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anubis0079

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Dec 31st 2010, 22:57:20

i love telling people what i do. I am a DJ at a strip club. Usual responses:

women: "that's so nasty"

men: "you have the greatest job in the world." "I want your job."

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ZEN

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Jan 4th 2011, 14:14:37

I just tell people I play with electronics.

Or that I provide a very non life threatening need/addiction to the masses.

Or I tell them I've never kissed a girl.

Galandy

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Jan 4th 2011, 14:16:38

why would telling them ZEN never kissed a girl help?

and what does that have to do with tech?

/me looks shifty eyed

<[FBI]ZEN> Which is funny...because I am Spanish and Native American mixed....which means I am a Mexican....
<Galandy>move to canada ZEN everyone else does
<[FBI]ZEN> And breed with a Quebecian
<[FBI]ZEN> To make the ultimate snob/migrant worker