http://blogs.msdn.com/ericlippert/archive/2004/01/13/58420.aspxJoe Bork comments on things people ask when they find out you work for Microsoft . Me, I get the same three over and over. 1) Are you a millionaire? (This one crops up less often since the dot com bust.) 2) Do you know Bill Gates? 3) Can you fix my computer?en-USCommunityServer 2.1 SP1 (Build: 61025.2)http://blogs.msdn.com/ericlippert/archive/2004/01/13/58420.aspx#58545Wed, 14 Jan 2004 12:15:00 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:58545David CumpsThey ask number 3 to basicly anyone who shows he can work with computers :phttp://blogs.msdn.com/ericlippert/archive/2004/01/13/58420.aspx#58554Wed, 14 Jan 2004 13:04:00 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:58554WallymI get &quot;Can you fix my computer&quot; all the time. <br> <br>Wallyhttp://blogs.msdn.com/ericlippert/archive/2004/01/13/58420.aspx#58587Wed, 14 Jan 2004 15:22:00 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:58587Andreas HäberI'm wondering if it would be wise to instead of saying to others &quot;I work with computers&quot;, you say something like &quot;I work with system design&quot; :) <br> <br>But.. it's of course much easier to just say that you work with computers. <br> <br>Also, if the person you're speaking with does not know what a &quot;system designer&quot; does then you might explain it like &quot;working with computers&quot;, and off you go to fix his/her computer ;) <br> <br>Or you can try to explain that creating class diagrams is not exactly the same as knowing why their printer doesn't print :]http://blogs.msdn.com/ericlippert/archive/2004/01/13/58420.aspx#61941Fri, 23 Jan 2004 01:49:00 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:61941Peter TorrI think I'm going to start telling people that &quot;I make coffee&quot; when they ask me what I do. It's completely true and very plausible for someone who lives in Seattle...