u/Deuceman927

Like a good SE I have a number of different ways to answer the same question that inevitably comes after I say I’m a sales.._engineer_. I’ve usually got it covered with adults. I usually try to read the room to figure out if a serious or cheeky answer fits best.

This weekend I was driving with my kids 12f/11m) and despite me doing this gig for their entire lives (and before) they didn’t seem to really understand.
My son (who is very much into video games) in particular seemed to think I was building the software. Then this particularly apt metaphor hit me.

“You know how you play super Mario maker 2? You didn’t create the whole game, but you use it to create awesome levels to show people the cool stuff it can do?” That really boiled his noodle 😂

What are some creative ways you explain your job to the younger crowd?

Edit: FFS guys, this was supposed to be a funny post about explaining your job to kids.

So today while out with my son, I got an odd message for "you left your ipad Behind" which never happens because my ipad generally never leaves our house. So I pulled up "find my phone" on my phone. It reported that every single device I have that was actively connected to icloud was "with you". This included all my mac computers (plugged in at my house), my wife, and daughters phones (who were not with us). I hard reset my phone and it did not make a difference. I also disabled and re-enabled Find my Phone on the iphone.
When my wife pulls up the "find my" app on her phone all the devices show the correct location. which leads me to believe its a problem with the phone.

I can't recall the last time i used Find My Phone, but it's been less than a month, and it wasn't doing this previously.

iphone 17 Pro.
Latest update installed