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- D_Dot
Will never know what we do for a living.
Mine (God love her) just forwarded me a job posting for a computer science technician. Working WITH computers is the same as building and diagnosing them for her.
- gramme0
My mom has a pretty clear picture of what I do. So does my old man, though he variably calls me graphic designer as well as graphic artist, the latter of which I can't stand.
- Jaline0
They have a vague idea.
- mirrorball0
Mine does! Even gives me advice!!
- D_Dot0
I guess I should just be happy she thinks about me when she sees these jobs.
- D_Dot0
Mine does! Even gives me advice!!
mirrorball
(Aug 20 07, 09:23)That's what kills me. She has gotten me freelance work before, with people from her work.
- Point50
Oh, my mom knows exactly what I do for a living, and obviously it's spend a couple hours a week at her house telling her the same thing I told her the week before. I think I bitched about this last week...
Anyway, here's the recap:
• showed her how to clear out the print queue that had 20 + docs sitting in it. That way, when she went to print pics her receipts from iTunes and shit wouldn't print out instead, thus resulting in "I don't know how that got there. I didn't want to print that"• looked at her distorted photos in iPhoto. She absolutely had to print the last 100 or so photos that she imported and somehow they got "distorted". Well, she got this photo disc from Costco and those things have a thumbnail folder for previewing. Turns out she uploaded the thumbs in addition to the larger images. So I had to point that out and show her how to delete the shitty thumbs.
/rant
- Drno0
mine doesn't have a clue,
but she's proud of what i've achieved and i can always have her support
thats all i need
- Jaline0
Yes, I appreciate it when she sends me emails and other info regarding what she believes I do ;)
- Llyod0
my mom's a crazy psycho bitch.
- harlequino0
My mom thinks I kill people for the CIA and other govt. organizations. I don't have the heart to tell her it's a front. :/
- Llyod0
tell her you twist knobs for your country
- gramme0
My parents actually have a better idea of what I do than most of my friends. Most people have no idea what the difference is between an ad agency and a design firm.
Common ice-breakers that crack me up:
"So, what kind of graphs do you design?"
"That's done on a computer, right?"
"So what exactly do you do on a daily basis?"
"What's the name of your company?" – This gets blank stares when I answer, nobody outside the design/marketing world knows who we are. Frustrates people who've lived in the STL area all their lives.
Another fun one is trying to explain what InDesign is/does. Peoples' eyebrows furrow, then they change the subject to Photoshop :)
- sureshot0
this happens to me all the time at birthdays.
so your a webdesigner?
me: yup
he/she: my cousin makes websites too.. with frontpage hes awesome
me: :(
he/she: you two should talk.
- D_Dot0
I just describe InDesign as a fancy word processor. People seems to get that.
- sureshot0
oh and my moms knows what I am doing btw.
- mg330
- bliznutty0
if you are a digital designer who understands HTML and photoshop, you should be able to troubleshoot Windows so it doesn't crash and setup my network!!
LOL
- hiatus0
I hate the "you guys should talk"
my mom has a slight idea.
a fancy word processor is a good way to describe it, I'll probably use that. I'm wondering what my soon to be in-laws think! hmmmm...
- sureshot0
I hate the "you guys should talk"
hiatus
(Aug 20 07, 10:07)word. and when I take a look at this socalled webdesigner..all I see a 3D spinning email button taking over the entire fucking screen.
look dude I made that!!aarrgghhh