Had a similar conversation with my arrogant ass of a nephew.
"What do you do?"
"I'm a web application developer."
"Oh, big deal, I can build web pages."
Grrrrr.
Sharon
At 10:35 AM 4/10/2001 -0400, Nick McClure wrote:
>I have gone to the point where I say.
>
>"I am a database developer. I work integrate database systems with the web"
>
>then people say, "Oh, like frontpage"
>
>and the melee ensues.
>
>At 03:19 PM 4/10/2001 +0100, you wrote:
>> > I get met with blank stares just by saying I'm a web developer. So now
>> > I say that I'm a computer programmer. Most people know what that is.
>> > Saying I use ColdFusion is always interesting. Some sample responses:
>> > "That doesn't work you know."
>> > "Oh yeah and Elvis is still alive."
>> > "How does nuclear energy work on the web?" (Imagine the baud rate!)
>> > "*blank stare* That's interesting."
>> >
>> > Don't even tell lay people you use Flash; in the wrong crowd you might
>> > get arrested. ;-)
>>
>>I just say "We build web sites" and leave it at that... you usually get the
>>"Oooh, can you do mine" to which I reply "Sure, our prices start at 5k"...
>>
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>>ASP Multimedia Limited
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>>
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