So what do you do for a living? That is a question I get allot. Most people probably do when meeting new people. For some it is easy, and not so much for others. My brother in law, has it simple. He is a doctor (MD). My mom’s a teacher. Their are more complex answers to those questions, but you get the idea of what they do by that simple statement. Now I have a more difficult answer. I tell people I am a Network Engineer. Sounds good, sort of descriptive. Not really what I do anymore. I have found it is close enough for most purposes. If pressed for more information you have to figure out how much someone knows about computers and technology. For Mike, he is a doctor in emergency medicine. Still very descriptive. Technology jobs still have this stigma of oh, you do that. You must be a computer geek. Now I don’t deny the fact that I am into technology, but it is sort of a bad way to think.
These thoughts come to my mind now, since I am dating, or attempting to do so. That is one of the first topics of conversation. Now you don’t want to talk to a date about computers. Trust me you really don’t. But work is such a big part of someone’s life, especially mine. It is an interesting dilemma.
The next big question is “what does your company do”? Yet again, for me right now it is a difficult question to answer. I have not been able to give a one sentence answer to that question yet, that accurately explains what my company does. We just had a meeting last friday at our presidents house. We discussed that same problem. We got a laugh about it. It is just one of those things that can be difficult to answer, but be a really simple question.