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@ben I don't think I can ever give more appropriate answer than this ππ
That's worryingly accurate πππ
sad life
πππ forget all things just focus on making GIF's
hahahaha! this is freaking hilarious!
In general my family think I "work with computers" so I'm the go-to for fixing WiFi routers, changing mobile phone settings, updating computers, etc.
I try to tell them this is not a web developer's job, but since I am a bit more technically proficient than them and I can find the solutions via Google they remain unconvinced.
exactly, the fam knows you're a software developer and suddenly we are the Geek Squad too.
One picture that sums it all up:
Most of them have no clue what I do. Some be like: "wow, you're really patient arranging those words in such a nice way". When they come closer, then they'll begin to complain: "mmm, they're not even meaningful words; you just like typing on your laptop".
They think it's more about "math" than it really is.
So true, but what is it really about according to you?
Logic and abstraction
My parents and partner have no idea what I do, my partner really tries to understand but when I show them something Iβm really excited about they just look at me like ππ
That's a classic!
System.out.println("Time Hacked successfully.");That I work in the Matrix
Especially when they see the terminal running some
npm installorcmake.. Those 483648 lines of output do the trickand mine is when they see me do
sudo apt-get updatewith zsh and powerlevel10kJust four words:
black magic &&
Tech Support
and google
They think I'm an entire IT department and can fix all of their IT related problems.
I mean, I do fix their problems, but most of the time, I just do what I always do (aside from moving rectangles around to make a coherent UI of them): I professionally Google the answer. Β―\_(γ)_/Β―
Don't forget they wonder if you hack into the CIA, NSA, FBI web sites.
hahahahaha! great stuff.. felt super identified when he was watching the video
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"can you fix my printer?"
Classic ^_^
I typically avoid such questions by informing them about the following ...
They do know I do software development on different projects and that it's complicated, but otherwise they don't understand. When they ask about what I do, I mainly explai what kind of project I work on which is mostly work for various startups. I have friends that are software engineer, computer engineer and robotics engineer that do understand what I do and it's always a pleasure to finally have people to talk about it with.
"ohh, you can get a job everywhere, they are looking everywhere for programmers".
because they can not understand how deversly different these joblistings are.
i don't know ML, i dont know java, i don't know ...
i wonder how difficult companies make it for themselfes, using too many tools and expecting candidates to know all of them.