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Them: So what do you do?
Me: I write software.
Them: What does that mean
Me: Well I write the software that runs on computers
Them: Ooohhh, so you 'fix' computers?
Me: ...
Me (despondent): Fine, I fix computers
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HomerTheGreat wrote: Me (despondent): Fine, I fix computers
Can you fix my computer? 
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I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
Me, all the time
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My dad knows our legacy software systems better than anyone currently employed. He made most of them.
He also knows our customers better than we do. He's been with a few for over 30 years.
My mom ran the financial department, but she made some regular fixes for customers too.
Yeah, it's safe to say my family knows what I do for a living 
It's an OO world.
public class SanderRossel : Lazy<Person>
{
public void DoWork()
{
throw new NotSupportedException();
}
}
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Not so long ago my parents had no clue about how to turn on a computer.
In those days it was pretty hard to explain so basically "I worked with computers", period.
Now they have a laptop and a tablet and it's much easier to explain.
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Both of my parents passed away without ever having the slightest clue what I was paid for! It still saddens me when I hear others talk with pride about their children's work 
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Just because they didn't understand your work doesn't mean that they didn't have immense pride in what you do.
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But when I meet people for the first time, I tell them I am "Music critic for Exchange & Mart"
This has two advantages: first, the conversation doesn't plummet immediately, and second I don't get asked to fix their computer...
And for the gullible ones, you can see how long you can keep them believing:
"It's hard to get a meaningful criticism into 25 words"
"I'm thinking of quitting, it's choosing me a fortune"
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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once i told them that i am working on a same project from last three years and they told me what a waste of time. you cant even complete a project in a three years. what kind of developer you are
Ravi Khoda
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"I don't think my family really knows what I do" 
They just know I am a software developer (by position ) but don't know, what I actually do in my organization, they keep asking me, "How do you spent so many hours on a single chair and a computer ?"
Look at the Height of discernment
Once my sister laptop failed to start, she shout on me, 'You are working in computer industry, I dont know anything...Just start my laptop' (wow, people think 'Developer' can do anything with computer now )
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The only reason people get lost in thought is because it's unfamiliar territory.
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