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Re:Stop Telling Everyone What You Do for a Living by sc2862 on Tuesday April 11, 2023 @04:17AM (#35522321)
When I tell people that, they assume I'm somewhere on the deeper end of the autism spectrum.
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Re:Stop Telling Everyone What You Do for a Living by mordae on Tuesday April 11, 2023 @04:52AM (#35522533)
That's part of the fun, isn't it?

If they can't appreciate my job, I will simply did into their so deep that by the end of the conversation, I have rough idea of what function does their job perform and where are the pain points for them.

I usually weave in some personal job-related stories for them to relate to my job a little bit better. Usually they are left stumped, because nobody ever digs and then gets them. Especially not an Aspie programmer.

It's also easy to find some of their efforts you appreciate and then compliment them on those.

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Re:Stop Telling Everyone What You Do for a Living by moffkalast on Tuesday April 11, 2023 @06:15AM (#35523047)
Well they're usually probably not wrong in that assumption.
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