Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site unc.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!ucbvax!decvax!mcnc!unc!fsks From: fsks@unc.UUCP (Frank Silbermann) Newsgroups: net.singles Subject: Re: Re: Showing Off (Athletics VS Intell Message-ID: <583@unc.UUCP> Date: Fri, 12-Jul-85 16:15:59 EDT Article-I.D.: unc.583 Posted: Fri Jul 12 16:15:59 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 14-Jul-85 08:23:51 EDT References: <1030@trwatf.UUCP>Reply-To: fsks@unc.UUCP (Frank Silbermann) Organization: CS Dept., U. of N. Carolina at Chapel Hill Lines: 16 In article darryl@ISM780.UUCP writes: > 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? > > 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. "I take large, complex computer programs that run on one brand of computer, and I modify them so that they will run on other brands." Frank Silbermann