On: Stop Telling Everyone What You Do for a Living

[chakintosh]

I'm in the same boat. But I usually just say I draw rectangles on a screen.

[dspillett → chakintosh]

My go-to answer for “what do you do for a living?” is “as little as I can get away with”.

[icedchai → dspillett]

"I'm a professional Zoom meeting attender. Occasionally I write code."

[HeyLaughingBoy → dspillett]

To this day, my wife reminds me that was the first question her mother ever asked me and my answer was "as little as possible."

[johndunne → chakintosh]

Tell me more…

[chakintosh → johndunne]

Well, I'm a UX Designer.

[red-iron-pine → chakintosh]

"boring IT guy stuff. how about them Jets, tho, amiright?"