JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 10 months agoIf a person from 1700 asked you your job, would they understand your answer, and if not, how would you explain it to them?message-squaremessage-square404fedilinkarrow-up1271arrow-down17
arrow-up1264arrow-down1message-squareIf a person from 1700 asked you your job, would they understand your answer, and if not, how would you explain it to them?JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square404fedilink
minus-squaremacabrett[they/them]@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·10 months agoAs a programmer, I’d just tell them “I configure contraptions to perform tasks for people”
minus-squaremindbleach@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·10 months ago“You know how clockwork automatons work?” “No.” “Me neither.”
minus-squareMoghul@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·10 months ago"Some other guys figured out how to trick rocks into doing stuff by putting lightning into them I just write to the rocks instructions for how to do some work. I get paid for doing that."
As a programmer, I’d just tell them “I configure contraptions to perform tasks for people”
“You know how clockwork automatons work?”
“No.”
“Me neither.”
Magic. Got it.
"Some other guys figured out how to trick rocks into doing stuff by putting lightning into them
I just write to the rocks instructions for how to do some work. I get paid for doing that."