My mom still doesn't know what I do...
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After six years of trying to explain C++ development, I think she's given up asking what i do for a living. When her friends ask her what I do, she just says, "You, know. He plays with computers." :mad: Barry Etter
"You, know. He plays with computers." She's not 100% wrong though - if it weren't so much like playing we wouldn't put in such long hours without much reward. '--8<------------------------ Ex Datis: Duncan Jones Merrion Computing Ltd
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After six years of trying to explain C++ development, I think she's given up asking what i do for a living. When her friends ask her what I do, she just says, "You, know. He plays with computers." :mad: Barry Etter
It's even better when your mother tells someone that you're an engineer, and the person asks her what railroad you work for... Not that it's happened to me or anything like that... Of course not... Amazing, simply amazing... -Mike Zinni "No shit it's tough. If it wasn't, everybody and their sister would be an engineer and then you wouldn't have a job."
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My mom still thinks I like tomatoes. BW I just remembered why so many of us die alone, covered in pizza, with keyboard imprints on our foreheads. Paul Watson
brianwelsch wrote: My mom still thinks I like tomatoes. My thinks I would like Zucchini X| .... And wishes I would wear a suit at work (even as group manager I don't have to...) That's the way moms are... ;)
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Barry Etter wrote: My mom still doesn't know what I do... Don't feel alone. My mom understands my husbands explanation of my job, mainly because he's an accountant and his explanation doesn't vaguely resemble what I do all day :-D
$500 for a penny people, cheap at the price, just 500 big ones for a penny! Don't shove, there's enough pennies for everyone! - Daffy Duck, manning a wishing well
but based on what you sometimes say here, it doesnt sound like you do anything all day ;P ;)
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After six years of trying to explain C++ development, I think she's given up asking what i do for a living. When her friends ask her what I do, she just says, "You, know. He plays with computers." :mad: Barry Etter
Well, what I used as a description for my last job was "I write software that helps you count cabbage", as it was ERP software for the fruit/veg industry. I haven't got one like that for my current job (bespoke Pocket PC stuff, web stuff, etc) - I'll have to think of one. -- Ian Darling
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After six years of trying to explain C++ development, I think she's given up asking what i do for a living. When her friends ask her what I do, she just says, "You, know. He plays with computers." :mad: Barry Etter
I just tell them, and its not far from the truth, that I don't do real work because I am in meetings all of the time. I think managers are either very lonely or they like to hear themselves talk so much that they want to share the joy with as many people as possible. Gary Kirkham A working Program is one that has only unobserved bugs I thought I wanted a career, turns out I just wanted paychecks
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After six years of trying to explain C++ development, I think she's given up asking what i do for a living. When her friends ask her what I do, she just says, "You, know. He plays with computers." :mad: Barry Etter
When I got married I was working for a bank. So my mother-in-law got lot of questions about me. Why a guy from India working in a bank in US? In her view, job in a bank means Tellers job only... :laugh: Later I explained her that I work in the IT department, it's huge project..blah..blah...but for 3 or 4 years she didn't believed my story... :-O After that gig I moved to Telecom companies, and again the questions started pouring. What kinda of job I do in cellphone company..Do I sell phone...Do I repair phones....blah..blah..... X|
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When I got married I was working for a bank. So my mother-in-law got lot of questions about me. Why a guy from India working in a bank in US? In her view, job in a bank means Tellers job only... :laugh: Later I explained her that I work in the IT department, it's huge project..blah..blah...but for 3 or 4 years she didn't believed my story... :-O After that gig I moved to Telecom companies, and again the questions started pouring. What kinda of job I do in cellphone company..Do I sell phone...Do I repair phones....blah..blah..... X|
Never take a problem to your boss unless you have a solution.
This signature was created by "Code Project Quoter".Kant wrote: Why a guy from India working in a bank in US? In her view, job in a bank means Tellers job only... :laugh: Inlaws suck, it's just one of those things we have to live with. It's a great test - if you love someone enough to put up with their parents, the marraige has a good chance :)
$500 for a penny people, cheap at the price, just 500 big ones for a penny! Don't shove, there's enough pennies for everyone! - Daffy Duck, manning a wishing well
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but based on what you sometimes say here, it doesnt sound like you do anything all day ;P ;)
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:(( So unappreciated...
$500 for a penny people, cheap at the price, just 500 big ones for a penny! Don't shove, there's enough pennies for everyone! - Daffy Duck, manning a wishing well
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After six years of trying to explain C++ development, I think she's given up asking what i do for a living. When her friends ask her what I do, she just says, "You, know. He plays with computers." :mad: Barry Etter
Well my dad is a programmer, so he understands. And my mom understands what I do by knowing that I do the same thing her husband does. But then again I don't exactly know what my mom does. She is in sales, for a clearing and forwarding company. Just what does someone like that do? She gets to play breakfast and weekend golf with clients, have lunch with clients, visit their offices and then have dinner with clients. All in all though it does not matter. So long as your mom, son, dad, daughter, sister and pet arachnid are happy in what they do, then so should you be. Oh, and proud folks are great to have :-D
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Kant wrote: Why a guy from India working in a bank in US? In her view, job in a bank means Tellers job only... :laugh: Inlaws suck, it's just one of those things we have to live with. It's a great test - if you love someone enough to put up with their parents, the marraige has a good chance :)
$500 for a penny people, cheap at the price, just 500 big ones for a penny! Don't shove, there's enough pennies for everyone! - Daffy Duck, manning a wishing well
Megan Forbes wrote: Inlaws suck, it's just one of those things we have to live with. It's a great test - if you love someone enough to put up with their parents, the marraige has a good chance I couldn't agree more...
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Well my dad is a programmer, so he understands. And my mom understands what I do by knowing that I do the same thing her husband does. But then again I don't exactly know what my mom does. She is in sales, for a clearing and forwarding company. Just what does someone like that do? She gets to play breakfast and weekend golf with clients, have lunch with clients, visit their offices and then have dinner with clients. All in all though it does not matter. So long as your mom, son, dad, daughter, sister and pet arachnid are happy in what they do, then so should you be. Oh, and proud folks are great to have :-D
Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South AfricaChris Losinger wrote: i hate needles so much i can't even imagine allowing one near The Little Programmer
Paul Watson wrote: and pet arachnid are happy in what they do Brings a whole new meaning to the term "web spider" :-) I think it's a bit like a web monkey, but more likely to get you tangled up, and less likely to throw feces at you. -- Ian Darling
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:(( So unappreciated...
$500 for a penny people, cheap at the price, just 500 big ones for a penny! Don't shove, there's enough pennies for everyone! - Daffy Duck, manning a wishing well
no your not, i likle your photography :-D
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After six years of trying to explain C++ development, I think she's given up asking what i do for a living. When her friends ask her what I do, she just says, "You, know. He plays with computers." :mad: Barry Etter
lol, even my grandmother understands what i do. www.agilis.be
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After six years of trying to explain C++ development, I think she's given up asking what i do for a living. When her friends ask her what I do, she just says, "You, know. He plays with computers." :mad: Barry Etter
My father was very confused about what I did and where I traveled...I attended a California State College that used computers...but he mixed it all up and told people that I had designed all of the computers that the State Colleges used!!! X| When I went to Saudi Arabia to do a system installation back in the late 1970s he confused Saudi Arabia with Iran and thought I was being held hostage. :confused: He even called the Iranian embassy to inquiry about my status. :omg: I constantly get calls and e-mails from people that indirectly know me asking for help to repair their (broken) computers. Sorry, I do software not hardware ;P Steve
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After six years of trying to explain C++ development, I think she's given up asking what i do for a living. When her friends ask her what I do, she just says, "You, know. He plays with computers." :mad: Barry Etter
Well,I think my mom understands so far that I work with computers, she'd seen me talking with the pc , at times laughing, so really not sure what she thinks overall :-) - Kannan