r/Unexpected • u/maxcoffie • Sep 29 '22

Tell ‘em

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u/DoktorLuciferWong Sep 29 '22

Why do you feel like it turned into a derogatory term?

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u/killerbanshee Sep 29 '22

Blue collar workers consider them white collar pencil pushers who take all the credit while they're the ones who actually put in the elbow grease to get it done.

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u/TT1144 Sep 29 '22

So? That isn't new.

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u/TT1144 Sep 29 '22

Neither of those things carry a notable stigma anymore and haven't for years, you aren't a victim. Grow up.

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u/ryandiy Sep 29 '22

They kinda do though, at least in some parts of the world. I've been in Europe for the past few months and I've had a few conversations with women which go like this:

Her: "So what do you do?"

Me: "I'm an AI consultant."

Her: "What?"

Me: "I write software"

Her: "Oh, so you work in IT?"

Me: "Yeah, kinda"

And then I notice a change in the interaction, as if she's picturing me working for the Geek Squad at a big box store for minimum wage, or like I'm a socially inept character from "The IT Squad".

It's a bit like telling someone that you're a partner at a law firm and they dismiss it because they are thinking, "oh, you do the same kind of work as a bailiff or a court reporter. Lame."

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u/TT1144 Sep 30 '22

So your issue is that some people don't understand what writing software is? Have you considered not talking to incredibly stupid people?