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I sometimes say "I write books about computers, and teach computer classes". But more often, I just say "I'm a professional standup comedian". It's simpler, and about the same craziness, and people can relate to it a bit better.

-- Randal L. Schwartz, Perl hacker
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Re^4: Software engineering: a useless profession?
by digiryde (Pilgrim) on Nov 05, 2004 at 23:43 UTC
    I just tell people I am an entrepreneur. Then they think I have no job skills at all (outside of making money off other people's work).
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