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Generally it's just "I write web software for X industry" Funny story: I was on plane and got to talking to the guy next to me. He asked what I did and I told
by callmeed 18y ago
Generally it's just "I write web software for X industry"
Funny story: I was on plane and got to talking to the guy next to me. He asked what I did and I told him (the above line basically). He was thoroughly enthusiastic and kept asking all sorts of questions. I finally got around to asking what he did. He said "Oh, I'm a test pilot for Lockheed Martin" ... Never could figure why he thought my job was cool.
- helveticaman 18y agoMaybe to him jobs can be cool. This isn't the case for a lot of people.
- run4yourlives 18y agoMost likely a geek at heart. Test Pilots are basically hackers anyway.
- quantumhobbit 18y agoIn mindset and curiosity yes, but to a woman in a bar the equality operator returns a 0.
- beastman82 18y agoAnd you wonder why
- HeyLaughingBoy 18y agoI think so. I had a girlfriend whose dad was an ex-military test pilot. Judging by all the flight manuals in the garage, he flew pretty much everything in the USAF inventory. Anyway, although he and I never had much of a conversation, she said he was always very interested in what I was working on (medical software). He just wasn't very talkative outside his immediate family.
- lallysingh 18y agoSoftware's one of the last good black arts left. Everyone gets some basic introduction to physics, chemistry[1], etc. through school and Hollywood. But software's utterly opaque in this department. [1] Chemistry's always been the one that I didn't get.