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They think it's more about "math" than it really is.
So true, but what is it really about according to you?
Logic and abstraction
they think my job is to only stare at my 27-inch monitor whole day and sometimes say "yes" while wearing headphones.
They probably think I read emails, attend calls and just type on my computer.
They think its tapping away at a keyboard like a TV hacker.
That or I fix printers.
Most of them have no clue what I do. Some be like: "wow, you're really patient arranging those words in such a nice way". When they come closer, then they'll begin to complain: "mmm, they're not even meaningful words; you just like typing on your laptop".
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In general my family think I "work with computers" so I'm the go-to for fixing WiFi routers, changing mobile phone settings, updating computers, etc.
I try to tell them this is not a web developer's job, but since I am a bit more technically proficient than them and I can find the solutions via Google they remain unconvinced.
exactly, the fam knows you're a software developer and suddenly we are the Geek Squad too.
That I work in the Matrix
Especially when they see the terminal running some
npm installorcmake.. Those 483648 lines of output do the trickand mine is when they see me do
sudo apt-get updatewith zsh and powerlevel10kMy parents and partner have no idea what I do, my partner really tries to understand but when I show them something I’m really excited about they just look at me like 👀👀
I'm just an advanced version of my father (retired Computer Technician). Unless it's relevant to them.
my girlfriend tells me standups are too long which is quite amuzing, but this is customer standups mind you. Her accuracy knows no bounds :)
She also hates when I write formulas on her spredsheets even if they are great and helpful
"He works on the internet".
"I draw really tiny colored squares, millions of them"
That's a classic!
System.out.println("Time Hacked successfully.");One picture that sums it all up:
One of my friend says that "I get paid to piss code"
He's not wrong