I get that from cousins sometimes. I ask how much they charge then I tell
them hoe much I charge, and they stop talking.
It is quite funny.
At 10:45 AM 4/10/2001 -0400, you wrote:
>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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