Re: How we introduce our profession to others . . .

[Sandy Harris <sandy -at- storm -dot- ca>]

Diane Evans wrote:
> 
> I just say, "I work at a dot-com."  When I am pressed further, I say, "I'm
> the resident mother," since most of the employees are the ages of my
> children....

I sometimes say "I'm an international arms exporter." Since various nations
classify strong cryptography as legally the same as jet fighters, this is
in one sense technically accurate. For details, see my docs at:
http://www.freeswan.org/freeswan_trees/freeswan-1.9/doc/politics.html#exlaw

More often, I just say "I document software that ..." or "I document software
for ..." then talk about the product or the client.

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