• steeznson@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Not really. I tell them it’s like a Black Mirror episode and they give me a sympathetic grimace. Then we talk about something else.

  • Contramuffin@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Describing my job? Yeah, sure. I do science.

    Explaining my job? Hell no. Nobody is willing to read a 20 page lit review to start to understand the background of what I do

  • slazer2au@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 months ago

    Nope. I keep the internet working.

    People seem happy when I say that. Unless my internet at home craps out and my wife makes a cheeky joke about it.

  • Thelsim@sh.itjust.works
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    2 months ago

    I have two ways of explaining. The first one is just saying “I work with data” followed by some hand waving and shrugging.
    The other is where I really go into detail and explain everything. Going gaga over some minute aspect that I find awesome but couldn’t even interest one of my coworkers.
    Neither seems to really work, but I don’t get follow up questions which suits me just fine :)

  • Mighty@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    i have problems explaining my job to myself. As I sit on the floor, painting a wall or scrubbing the floor or as I’m trying to repair a door… yeah that’s not my job description

  • Nibodhika@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Nope, most people are fine with “I’m a programmer”, the few times someone asked me what exactly did I program, I answered with the ELI5 version of what I do and that’s always been enough, e.g.

    • I make computers see and understand what they’re seeing.
    • You now site X? I work there
    • You know game X? I work in the servers for it
  • Ugurcan@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Game Dev here. More specifically, audio director. Used to be tech sound designer and composer. I find it hard to explain even over here, among the geeks like me.

  • kraftpudding@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    I’m a florist. People understand what I do, they usually just don’t think it’s worth doing or paying me for my labor.

  • Matriks404@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    It’s hard to explain a job where I watch YouTube most of the time, and then I do random when I am asked to do some stuff.

  • naticus@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 months ago

    Explaining that I’m a systems and infrastructure admin is actually easier for me than explaining my organization to people lol. Because it’s a local government agency that provides services to school districts, and people don’t really know we exist if they aren’t a district staff member themselves (and even then sometimes they don’t know!), and we’re a bit niche in our specific services, I usually just end up saying “school ISP” despite that only being a small part of it. 😂