>As soon as I utter the word "programmer", I can see the light in their eyes begin to fade - but mentioning the iPhone brings them back and suddenly I'm a perso

>As soon as I utter the word "programmer", I can see the light in their eyes begin to fade - but mentioning the iPhone brings them back and suddenly I'm a person with a cool job. I know just the situation. It's game consoles instead of iPhone in my case though. If I talk with youngsters I usually top it with 'coin-op' and 'have more than 70 consoles in my house' for maximum bang :).