Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/17/84 chuqui version 1.7 9/23/84; site nsc.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!gatech!nsc!nessus From: nessus@nsc.UUCP (Kchula-Rrit) Newsgroups: net.singles Subject: Re: Re: Showing Off (Athletics VS Intell Message-ID: <2988@nsc.UUCP> Date: Tue, 16-Jul-85 19:41:06 EDT Article-I.D.: nsc.2988 Posted: Tue Jul 16 19:41:06 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 18-Jul-85 04:07:58 EDT References: <1030@trwatf.UUCP> <33100024@ISM780.UUCP> <509@ihu1m.UUCP> Organization: The Patriarchy of Kzin, Kzin Lines: 28 -- > At my job I work on C compilers, for a software company > that specializes in doing Unix ports. When I meet people socially, a > frequently asked question is "What do you do for a living?" How can I > answer without being boorish or boring? For example > > "What do you do?" > "I write compilers." > nobody outside the industry knows what that is... > > How can I answer this without making them feel like they are > stupid, but also avoiding the path "It's a very technical job, > you wouldn't understand > without a longwinded and boring discussion"? > > (--Darryl Richman, INTERACTIVE Systems Corp. > *** REPLACE THIS LINE WITH YOUR MESSAGE *** How about- "I'm a free-lance wierdo and computer junkie." People I have talked to seem to like that; I'm a hardware type. From the alter ego of-- Kchula-Rrit