Comments on: How Do You Tell Your Parents What You Do In IT? http://www.simonstapleton.com/wordpress/2008/12/09/how-do-you-tell-your-parents-what-you-do-in-it/?&owa_medium=feed&owa_sid= I Help You Become a Higher Performer, Get Promoted, and Better Paid Wed, 09 May 2012 18:37:39 +0100 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: simonstapleton http://www.simonstapleton.com/wordpress/2008/12/09/how-do-you-tell-your-parents-what-you-do-in-it/comment-page-1/#comment-708 simonstapleton Thu, 11 Dec 2008 22:43:50 +0000 http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/?p=1176#comment-708 @Dave - give me your mom's number in case I need to recompile my Linux kernel :-) Sounds like a great attitude to have towards technology! Your last point is something my parents understand too - the penny dropped with my dad when I told him I give people orders and they do what I say. I wish sometimes it was so easy! @Dave – give me your mom’s number in case I need to recompile my Linux kernel :-) Sounds like a great attitude to have towards technology! Your last point is something my parents understand too – the penny dropped with my dad when I told him I give people orders and they do what I say. I wish sometimes it was so easy!

]]> By: Dave Crain http://www.simonstapleton.com/wordpress/2008/12/09/how-do-you-tell-your-parents-what-you-do-in-it/comment-page-1/#comment-706 Dave Crain Thu, 11 Dec 2008 13:24:15 +0000 http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/?p=1176#comment-706 I'm the odd man out in this conversation I think. My mom is in her mid 70's and regularly hacks around in the registry and uninstalls software. She's not an IT geek per se, just a smart person who isn't intimidated by technology and dives right in, albeit cautiously. I don't think this is an issue related solely to IT however. All sectors progress and change and along with that change comes new job descriptions. I work for a company that is heavily involved with manufacturing companies. Talk about misconceptions as to what someone who works for a manufacturing company does! Sure there are still lots of assembly jobs, but modern manufacturing these days involves CAD/CAM computer engineering, rapid prototyping, etc. etc. Back when I was moving up the ladder in IT and my parents asked me what I did, I just told them I told other people what to do then took the blame when it didn't work. They both seemed to understand that. I’m the odd man out in this conversation I think. My mom is in her mid 70′s and regularly hacks around in the registry and uninstalls software. She’s not an IT geek per se, just a smart person who isn’t intimidated by technology and dives right in, albeit cautiously.

I don’t think this is an issue related solely to IT however. All sectors progress and change and along with that change comes new job descriptions. I work for a company that is heavily involved with manufacturing companies. Talk about misconceptions as to what someone who works for a manufacturing company does! Sure there are still lots of assembly jobs, but modern manufacturing these days involves CAD/CAM computer engineering, rapid prototyping, etc. etc.

Back when I was moving up the ladder in IT and my parents asked me what I did, I just told them I told other people what to do then took the blame when it didn’t work. They both seemed to understand that.

]]> By: simonstapleton http://www.simonstapleton.com/wordpress/2008/12/09/how-do-you-tell-your-parents-what-you-do-in-it/comment-page-1/#comment-705 simonstapleton Thu, 11 Dec 2008 08:18:46 +0000 http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/?p=1176#comment-705 Is that the version of Firefox you install by default when you also install Ubuntu at the same time? :-) Is that the version of Firefox you install by default when you also install Ubuntu at the same time? :-)

]]> By: Drew Douglass http://www.simonstapleton.com/wordpress/2008/12/09/how-do-you-tell-your-parents-what-you-do-in-it/comment-page-1/#comment-704 Drew Douglass Thu, 11 Dec 2008 02:22:53 +0000 http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/?p=1176#comment-704 If anyone can figure out a way to explain web development, design, or anything IT related to their parents, you have my respect. I try all the time to explain it to my parents and they just dont get it, nor do they respect it very much (probably goes along with not understanding it). I think its just the generation gap, but I'm ok with being the tech support guy for my parents if it means installing FireFox on their machine before I leave :) If anyone can figure out a way to explain web development, design, or anything IT related to their parents, you have my respect. I try all the time to explain it to my parents and they just dont get it, nor do they respect it very much (probably goes along with not understanding it).

I think its just the generation gap, but I’m ok with being the tech support guy for my parents if it means installing FireFox on their machine before I leave :)

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