New Year’s Eve is here. Reunion with family is the biggest expectation of more than one billion Chinese people for this holiday. However, in the eyes of many netizens, the reunion is accompanied by a series of caring inquiries (ba) and questions (gua) from parents and relatives.
Even before the holiday, students with a strong desire to survive had already discussed "how to explain their college majors to relatives" on Weibo , and also shared some misunderstood cases, which struck a nerve. Few netizens.
Those who study logistics will not be able to deliver express in the future
Gardening is not about planting trees
Those who study biology cannot distinguish all flowers and plants
Those who study archeology do not dig graves
Learning Spanish will not despacito
Learning to draw cannot be given away
Learning Those who are flight attendants cannot buy special tickets
Those who study software engineering really don’t know how to repair computers
Those who study English cannot do simultaneous interpretation
Those who major in Chinese...
Faced with so many misunderstandings, how should we make it vivid and easy to understand? How to introduce your major to your parents or relatives? There are some answers on the Internet, I hope they can help everyone.
Construction major
Zhihu netizen @王大猫
We built the railway you took when you came here! We built the bridge you crossed when you came here! We repaired the train station you passed by! We built the airport you want to go to!
Vehicle engineering
Zhihu netizen @武小
"What is vehicle engineering?"
"When you arrive at the station by train, will you see people in yellow clothes holding hammers and clanking the wheels? Well, That’s what we do”
Civil Engineering
Zhihu netizen @sufen
“What do you study?”
“Civil Engineering.”
“Oh, it’s just construction and building a house, right?”
“Well, between the two. There is still a difference. "
Usually at this point, if the other person is still interested in listening, I tell him, "If a house is a hand, then the civil engineering is the bones, the building is the skin, and the HVAC is the tissue and "Blood." If the other party is not interested in studying further, "Oh, I just study law."
Legal Studies
Zhihu netizen @明月
Yes, I study law. Yes, yes, that's the one who has to pass the judicial examination. The legendary first-class examination in China, with a very low passing rate. Yes, yes, I passed.
After becoming a lawyer, you can work for many companies at the same time and serve as their legal consultant. You only get a salary and don’t have to go to work. It’s very cool. Judge? Prosecutor? Oh, that's okay too.
In addition, how to explain major is somewhat similar to how to explain work, and many answers are the same.
As for how to introduce one's work, some media have thoughtfully prepared a "high-sounding version" and a "vernacular" version for netizens. Let's take a look.
product manager
high-sounding version: a position specifically responsible for product management in an company. The person who is responsible for investigating and determining what products to develop, what technology, and business models to choose based on user needs is also the person who determines part of the future of the company. .
vernacular version: A sound transmission device that enthusiastically conveys the boss's anger to technicians and is disliked by the technicians in every possible way.
Marketing
high-sounding version: People who create, communicate, disseminate and exchange products, activities, processes and systems that bring value to customers, clients, partners and the entire society.
vernacular version: sells things.
User interface designer
high-sounding version: Design In the interaction process between man and machine, there is a level called the interface, which integrates complex work types from multiple disciplines such as cognitive psychology, design, and linguistics.
Vernacular version: Oh, they designed the "Buy Now" button on the shopping website.
sociologist
official explanation: is an anthropological tendency that studies the origin, organization, customs and habits of human society, and is a scholar who takes into account and studies the development of modern society and organizational or group behavior in society.
explains to parents: the neighborhood committee aunt of advanced version.
Although some tasks are difficult to explain to parents, there are some clever netizens who have succeeded.
Clothing Merchant
Netizen @呑蛋的石
I am a clothing merchandiser and work for a high-end women's clothing brand. My mother likes that brand very much. When I was shopping, I told her that I work in this company. Look at what these models are wearing, the matching of the walls, and the overall store planning. It's all under my control! My mother thought it was quite powerful.
But once they came to Beijing and secretly went to my workplace to watch me work. As a result, my mother was very unhappy. She said that she worked hard to train me and sent me abroad, but now she is "displaying goods" here?! My dad said, why don't you come back and paint portraits under the corner of our ancient city? There are a lot of tourists, so you should be able to earn a lot.
Later, I started to tell them my work stories and experiences, what were the difficulties, and told them that people who do clothing display will have higher and higher requirements for themselves. The mother is satisfied as her daughter becomes more and more beautiful. This is indeed a face-based world.
Now, they will explain my work very seriously in front of outsiders, saying, "This industry is very new, you don't understand it, and it requires a lot of accumulation." Every time I hear them say this, I also chuckle in my heart. Anyway, he sounds quite proud.
E-commerce event planning
Netizen @ mushroom君
My job is e-commerce event planning. Parents will ask what needs to be planned and how to implement online activities. I will open a certain treasure and show them the page. When explaining the page design, activity intensity and planning, I will compare it to setting the prizes and rules of a game so that they can understand it better.
When I go shopping and pick up flyers, I will also give them an analogy. The rules for buying and giving discounts on the flyers are just like my usual work, except that we spread them online, so they can probably understand.
Later, every time I saw news or topics related to online shopping on TV, my parents who were used to analogies would happily say, your job is similar to this! They will take the initiative to learn and understand things related to my work, and they also know about smart logistics, o2o, warehousing and distribution, etc.
Product Manager
Netizen @ Grasshopper
My job is a product manager. My parents will ask me confusedly, am I a manager just after graduation? I explained that it was the people who designed the products. For example: how many steps does it take to design an elevator in a building, what floors should it stop on, how to coordinate and mobilize different elevators, how to ensure safety, and how to use numbers to measure the operating efficiency of the elevator. I explained it clearly.
They searched for the word "product manager" and found that "everyone is a product manager" was overwhelming. They asked worriedly, is the industry threshold low?
When I chat with them, I don’t actually talk about the specific content of my work, but give examples, such as how Alipay’s Jiwufu is designed. This kind of chat is really a way to get closer.
After reading the answers from netizens, did you find that it might not be that difficult to explain your major or work to your parents?
Not all inquiries
are for gossip
For those who really care about you
Learn how to explain
So
how do you explain your major or work to your parents and relatives
?
Source: China Daily (ID: CHINADAILYWX) Comprehensive Weibo, Curiosity Daily, Zhihu, Xinshixiang
New Media Editor: Xiaocai
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