05-25-2012 07:29 AM
Ben asked:
How you YOU explain what you do to non-techies?
I usually give them a simplified version of what I would tell a techie, wait for their eyes to glass over and then remind them that for the most part it's just a bunch of 1's and 0's.
05-25-2012 07:42 AM
Ben asked:
How you YOU explain what you do to non-techies?
I tell them I build the machines that build the crap you buy to look like you're tech savvy.
Rob
05-25-2012 08:06 AM
As I am a consultant/contractor, I tell them "I'm a migrant technical worker".
05-25-2012 09:39 AM
I know what ya mean Ben, it's easy to say "I build rockets!". Its not so easy to say "I develop software in a specialized graphical progamming environment that automates various manufacturing, test, and laboratory applications". Huh?
05-25-2012 09:41 AM
...and FYI, the SpaceX gig is indeed a great gig if you dont have a family waiting at home
That's the kind of thing everyone should get in on when they are young and carefree- change the world n'at.
05-25-2012 11:12 AM - edited 05-25-2012 11:16 AM
Ben wrote:
How you YOU explain what you do to non-techies?
Automate tests to make people's lives easier!
Or just say, I make it so that they don't have to hire you to watch a screen and click some buttons.
05-25-2012 11:13 AM
@Garvacious wrote:
...and FYI, the SpaceX gig is indeed a great gig if you dont have a family waiting at home
That's the kind of thing everyone should get in on when they are young and carefree- change the world n'at.
Spot on, all of them are under 26 years young.
05-25-2012 05:49 PM
05-25-2012 06:25 PM
Ben wrote:How you YOU explain what you do to non-techies?
Curious,
Ben
I hate trying to answer that to non-techies. I have never been able to come up with a response that does not lead to 1000 additional questions. If I worked for SpaceX it would be easy. I would just say "I'm a rocket scientist" then crinkle my nose and walk away with my chin in the air and a weird frownish looking face.
I suspect that most people who write LabVIEW programs do it as a secondary function to their real job as an engineer or technician. For me it is secondary anyway. But to answer your question I usually just tell them that I make the Internet.
05-25-2012 06:41 PM
@Ben wrote:
How you YOU explain what you do to non-techies?
Well, since I am doing research at an eye institute, I am finding a cure for blindness.
Everybody can "see" that. 😄
(... and it is actually true).