I Keep Quiet About Being a Cancer Doctor

Re:I Keep Quiet About Being a Cancer Doctor by Twirrim on Wednesday October 11, 2017 @12:51PM (#15451155)

"Oh you're in IT, can you fix my computer?"

I'll often go for the soft approach first: "Sorry, I only deal with Linux based systems, I don't know a thing about Windows or Macs"

While yes, I deal solely with Linux professionally, it's a little white lie to claim that I know nothing about Windows or Macs. I use them both.

Those circumstances where it doesn't, I'm quite comfortable telling people "No". Took a while to get comfortable with it, but hey it's a useful thing to get comfortable with.

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Re:I Keep Quiet About Being a Cancer Doctor by khedoros1 on Wednesday October 11, 2017 @05:48PM (#15453803)

When pressed, I've told people "I can, but I don't want to." Or "I used to do that, but I stopped when it got boring."

Or I'll propose that we swap professional services, and that usually shuts things down.

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Re:I Keep Quiet About Being a Cancer Doctor by macintux on Wednesday October 11, 2017 @01:43PM (#15451567)

First words out of my mouth are often "I don't do Windows."

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