When someone asks me what a software engineer's day is like I give them the following description: "Remember back to high school math class. Now imagine 8 hour

When someone asks me what a software engineer's day is like I give them the following description: "Remember back to high school math class. Now imagine 8 hours of high school math class back-to-back-to-back. Now add in "pop-quizes" (e.g. production issues) sometimes multiple times a day." I think that once someone can relate to what day-to-day software engineering is like, they can empathize with why "walls" and "doors" are nice.