SMOKE
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So I was putting in a new water heater for my mom and pops last weekend and my 13 year old daughter tells me "you cant do that your not an electrian????" This was a plumbing thing, but made me laugh that she doesn't know what I do.
I just tell people I do industrial automation, to which they usually reply, "Oh, so you put people out of work, huh?".
I follow this up with: "We help local companies compete with the cheap off-shore labor by automating them, it is better to hire fewer people than to let the plant move or close." It usually helps.I just tell people I do industrial automation, to which they usually reply, "Oh, so you put people out of work, huh?".