View Poll Results: Do your family and friends know what you do?

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  • Yes, absolutely.

    12 30.77%
  • I'm just the "guy who works with computers"

    27 69.23%
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Thread: Do your...

  1. #1
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    Do your...

    A lot of you are in the hosting/development business, for the most part, do your family and friends know what you do or are you just "the guy who works with computers"?

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    Re: Do your...

    Originally posted by IDS
    "the guy who works with computers"?

  3. #3
    Varies.

    When you have an extended yet close knit family of 100+, you tend to have all kinda people. Some know the ins and outs of what I do; the rest know to associate "computers" with my name.

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    Too bad you don't have a category of "What the hell is a computer?"

  5. #5
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    I usually keep them updated..or atleast to a certain degree, so they can tell eachother what I'm currently working on/with
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  6. #6
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    When I try to explain that I design websites, people will understand to a degree. I have to tell them I design what they look like, I don't build them. They have a hard time understanding that.

    No one is ever able to understand the concept of webhosting....

    Then again, no one ever seems like they know how to use a computer.
    CEO Pixabit, Inc.

  7. #7
    I usually tell people I'm a professional test pilot.
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  8. #8
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    You forgot the "both" option. Some know what I do, and some think I just play with computers all day.
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  9. #9
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    I usually dont go into it unless it is potential business. Takes to long to explain, just look like a dork after

  10. Yeah I don't tell that many people just because most wouldn't know or care

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