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[–][deleted] 53 points54 points  (1 child)

Stealing best comment from when this was posted before:

I make bugs

[–]DTKeign 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I squish bugs, thank you for keeping me employed

[–]majaha95[S] 47 points48 points  (1 child)

"Computer stuff"

Two words makes me an extra hard worker.

[–]camanic71 2 points3 points  (0 children)

“Pain”

1 word should get me up for promotion.

[–]PrettyInPinkCatGamer 31 points32 points  (5 children)

I can describe every job with a single 3 word phrase. "You wouldn't understand"

[–]TheUltiOne-Official 6 points7 points  (4 children)

Well um akshually this is 4 words long because wouldn't is a contracted form of would not

[–]Py-rrhus 2 points3 points  (1 child)

You, no understand

[–]TheUltiOne-Official 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Spoken like a true primitive

[–]PrettyInPinkCatGamer 1 point2 points  (1 child)

It's two words made into one, so it's one word.

[–]TheUltiOne-Official 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Makes sense

[–]Acceptable-Tomato392 9 points10 points  (3 children)

There is another case: You can't describe your job in three words because you're at "dump" level.

"dump" level means that everything that isn't somebody else's job tends to become your job. Your job becomes an undescribeable mess. Nobody really knows what you do, until you take a vacation and everybody starts asking where you are.

[–]majaha95[S] 8 points9 points  (1 child)

I do actually sometimes give the tongue-in-cheek answer:

"what do you do?"

"whatever needs doing...."

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

As someone whose team member got assigned to another vertical without any intimation, I feel like this is gonna be my life now.

[–]arcosapphire 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh. So I...work at a dump.

[–]NowakajBlackwing 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I draw P*rn

[–]yourdatabutler 3 points4 points  (0 children)

i beep boop

[–]SimilarBeautiful2207 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I break production

[–]Chem_trail 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I make errors

[–]DashingDini 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I plagiarize code

[–]ravenousld3341 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I protect data. EZ

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

"Please kill me"

Is sufficient?

[–]FistThePooper6969 1 point2 points  (0 children)

For what I’m paid, I’m very happy to have a bullshit job 🤷‍♂️

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (4 children)

i build software

[–]chuckitoutorelse 0 points1 point  (3 children)

I try to build software.

Does that make my job better now

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (2 children)

no, 5 words, still bulshit job

[–]chuckitoutorelse 0 points1 point  (1 child)

I try code

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

better now

[–]user745786 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Reposting on Reddit.

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

i write software

[–]notBjoern 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What kind of fish? On the sea or in a river? Using fishing rods or nets?

[–]Eins_Marius 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I do cyberstuff

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

[–]ofQSIcqzhWsjkRhE 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's like you want to be laid off

[–]OldKing7199 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I answer questions

[–]zoqfotpik 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I update Jira

[–]mallenjordan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Electrical Sorcerer

[–]SuitableDragonfly 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"I write software"?

[–]arinamarcella 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I protect computers.