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From: hollombe@ttidcc.UUCP (The Polymath)
Newsgroups: net.singles
Subject: Re: Re: Showing Off (Telling people what your job is)
Message-ID: <583@ttidcc.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 22-Jul-85 14:35:54 EDT
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Posted: Mon Jul 22 14:35:54 1985
Date-Received: Wed, 24-Jul-85 06:32:24 EDT
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Reply-To: hollombe@ttidcc.UUCP (The Polymath)
Organization: The Cat Factory
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Summary: 

In article <503@wdl1.UUCP> jbn@wdl1.UUCP writes:
>
>      Don't be too quick to tell people what you do; in an appropriate
>situation, keeping some mystery in the situation can be both useful and fun.  
>Recognize that you are playing a game, and have some fun with it.

When asked I always say  "These  days  I'm  in  computers.".  That's  often
enough  for many people.  It also leaves dangling the question as to what I
did before I was into  computers.  Keeps  the  conversation  going  with  a
better chance to find common interests.
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