Software Engineer != Desktop Support (from April 2006)

So I’m at a neighbor’s house a few nights ago. I hate it when people ask me what I do because of the responses I get. I’m not saying I have the most amazing profession or anything, I just hate the fact that when I say “Software Engineer” a little leprechaun conjures some magic in the air and people hear “I fix computers.” So I’m talking to these folks and having a old grand time. They ask me what I do and I mumble almost incoherently, “Software Engineer.” The lady pulls out a notebook and says with much gusto, “Great! I can call you when I need my computer fixed!” That leprechaun is a bastard. When I find him, I’m stealing his lucky charms…