"I write software" is typically where I start and if the other person wants more information we can go down the rabbit hole from there. Funny story though, my

"I write software" is typically where I start and if the other person wants more information we can go down the rabbit hole from there. Funny story though, my wife and I are friends with Eric Meyer (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Meyer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Meyer) and if we're in a group and other people ask him what he does, my wife jumps in and says he fixes printers. You should see his face :-)