SSTF@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 3 months agoDo you have trouble explaining your job to people?message-squaremessage-square104fedilinkarrow-up1113arrow-down13
arrow-up1110arrow-down1message-squareDo you have trouble explaining your job to people?SSTF@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 3 months agomessage-square104fedilink
minus-square🖖USS-Ethernet@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·3 months agoMe: I’m in IT (trying to keep it simple) Them: OK, but what do you do in IT? Me: I’m a system administrator (again trying to keep it simple) Them: I don’t know what that means. What does a system administrator do? Me: I work on servers (again, trying to keep it simple) Them: What’s a server? Me: I’m in IT…
minus-squareramsgrl909@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·3 months agoI’m a salesforce admin and I feel the same way
minus-square🖖USS-Ethernet@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·3 months ago I’m a salesforce admin I’m sorry
minus-squareVolkditty@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·3 months agoOoo, my brother-in-law is in sales. What kind of commission do you make?
minus-squareHobbitFoot @thelemmy.clublinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 months agoSo you keep the computer engine running.
minus-squarestringere@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 months agoReplied elsewhere: I cast spells that make the runes etched in sand translate the energy of magic stones into dancing light. Usually I just tell people that I work in IT and leave it at that.
Me: I’m in IT (trying to keep it simple)
Them: OK, but what do you do in IT?
Me: I’m a system administrator (again trying to keep it simple)
Them: I don’t know what that means. What does a system administrator do?
Me: I work on servers (again, trying to keep it simple)
Them: What’s a server?
Me: I’m in IT…
I’m a salesforce admin and I feel the same way
I’m sorry
Tis a thankless job!
Ooo, my brother-in-law is in sales. What kind of commission do you make?
So you keep the computer engine running.
Replied elsewhere: I cast spells that make the runes etched in sand translate the energy of magic stones into dancing light.
Usually I just tell people that I work in IT and leave it at that.