Once I tried to chat up this girl in a party. I told her that I'm a programmer and her response was, "you're what? a problemmer?!"
These days I just tried to avoid the subject. It's lots of fun to talk about technology with hackers. With other people it's actually one of the worst topics to bring up.
If people ask, I say that I'm a technologist. If they press to know what it is that I actually do I tell them that I talk on the phone a lot, and sometimes write emails, which is partly true and something almost anyone can relate to. Then I change the subject.
These days I just tried to avoid the subject. It's lots of fun to talk about technology with hackers. With other people it's actually one of the worst topics to bring up.
If people ask, I say that I'm a technologist. If they press to know what it is that I actually do I tell them that I talk on the phone a lot, and sometimes write emails, which is partly true and something almost anyone can relate to. Then I change the subject.