What do they think about your career, the industry in general, about code, etc.
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What do they think about your career, the industry in general, about code, etc.
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My dad once asked me whether I get bored writing ones and zeroes all day
Since my focus is currently on security, a lot of my friends and family members (specifically those who do not work in IT) are thinking that cyber attacks are performed by a genius group or individual conducting very technical attacks that they would never be able to understand. Some of them are but many of them are not and are rather simple and even boring from a technical perspective - which by the way doesn't mean that they are not dangerous. For example, I explain to them what social engineering is and they then see that this is not so much different from what they know or have experienced from crimes in the real world.
My mum thinks that all I do when I'm taking my lap is just playing games and chilling
I once had an acquaintance who believed that my job consisted in going to people's homes and installing Microsoft Office in their computers 🙄.
Huh. It's illuminating reading the comments. My friends and family basically get what my job is about, but it seems like that's not the case for a lot of people in here.
However, my friends and family DO assume I understand computers really well and can fix their machines when they break. I can't.
They think that you can fix any computer-related problems...
This also extends to phones, TVs, and any other consumer electronics my family has -.-. :D
Oh yeah, been there.
No matter how many times I tell my family what I do. They still call me asking me how to fix their computer.. I’m a web developer not a PC technician..
They think that making an app or a website doesn't take too long. They throw weird looks when I tell them how much we charge for a website, and they think we are being too expensive, but in reality we are amongst the cheapest solutions in the industry. Yes, I understand that the final product of a single webpage with a 500$ price tag may sound expensive, but in reality people don't realise the amount of work behind it. Trust me, I'd love to make your 1-million-dollar web/app idea, but I just don't have the time!
About me/career overall IT Expert, knows how to solve any IT problem like the not working TV, not working Internet, especially slow Internet, knows what to do when they click on all "you have a virus"-buttons. They think that all developer jobs a safe for the future and still wait till I become the next Steve Jobs.
Industry
They like most of what technology brought to them. At the moment they are into privacy and sustainable use of their tools
Code
Magic
Most of my family thinks I am an expert in Windows and can fix their printers even though I've not touched Windows for 7 years now. Even though I probably can fix it with my Google-Fu, I just don't want to. :)
I have never installed a printer and hopefully never will. They scare me.