Does anyone else struggle to explain their job to non-tech friends? Every time I try, I sound like I’m describing a made-up role. I’m curious how you all summarize what you do in one sentence.

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It depends a lot on whom I'm talking to. If they've got some technical background I might give more detail. If they're not really into that I just gloss over things and speak in very general terms. With my relatives they're mostly content to hear that I work with computers and I leave it at that.

Hahahah this is literally me. I start to explain and instantly see people's eyes just glaze over. I just started saying I work in tech and leaving it at that.

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