YOU’VE got an important and interesting job which your mum can’t get her head round. Here’s what you actually do, compared to what she tells people you do:
Your job: Head of data analytics
She says: ‘Something about computers’
Your job: Risk analyst
She says: ‘Fiddles around with spreadsheets’
Your job: Building contractor
She says: ‘Bricklayer’
Your job: User interface designer
She says: ‘Website thingies’
Your job: Video game development
She says: ‘Sits around playing on the SNES’
Your job: Reference specialist at the British Library
She says: ‘Stamps books’
Your job: Successful influencer
She says: ‘Makes silly videos’
Your job: Regional manager for popular chain of pubs
She says: ‘Barmaid’
Your Job: Laboratory technician
She says: ‘Basically a doctor’
Your job: Cyber security analyst
She says: ‘IT’
Your job: Cyber security analyst at GCHQ
She says: ‘Fancy IT’
Your job: Geographical information manager for national bus company
She says: ‘He cut the bus route to Tuesday bingo’
Your job: Bin man
She says: ‘Very important job at the council’
Your job: McDonalds line cook
She says: ‘Chef’
Your job: Digital consultant
She says: ‘Facebook’
Your job: Communications specialist
She says: ‘Gabbing on the phone a lot. Never rings me, though’
Your job: Backend specialist
She says: ‘Are you sure it’s not pornography?’
Your job: Writer
She says: ‘Unemployed waste of space’
