[madeofpalk]

> Saying: "I build web applications" means nothing to them, and saying "I create website" makes you look like a wizard doing some black magic.

Who are these people? When people ask what I do I just tell them "I'm a developer; I make websites" and they understand what I do enough to move the conversation forward. Is there other context I'm missing?

[edent]

In France, roughly 12% of people don't use the Internet - https://www.arcep.fr/uploads/tx_gspublication/State-Of-Inter...

In Indonesia, millions of people say that they don't use the Internet - but they do use Facebook - https://qz.com/333313/milliions-of-facebook-users-have-no-id...

For all of us, it's worth stepping out of our bubble to see how other people perceive what we take for granted.

[frockington]

Those are really interesting statistics. Would be a good idea to look those up before traveling on business

[lucideer]

There's a difference between informing someone of your job title (serviceable smalltalk) and actually telling them what you do (likely reserved for a conversation with someone who's demonstrated some interest)

[reaperducer]

Who are these people?

The other 98% of the world.

[chiefalchemist]

Context probably matters. Those "in the working world" are likely somehow familiar; others perhaps far less so.