I got roped into career day at my niece's school. I do sysadmin work mostly, monitoring, patching, the usual. How do you describe this to 7-year-olds without their eyes glazing over?
My €3 VPS at OVHcloud beats your €10 Vultr on single-core btw
How do I explain my job to children?
I make a server up for my nephew,he think I am wizard,regards
Maybe say you make computers work when they are tired,children understand this
Rangga
Member
My cousin child ask me what I do,I say I check server-server if they cry already,he say like doctor for computer,lah,very simple already,he understand direct
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LichunLars
Member
Route via analogy adds 12ms
ping -c 5 child.brain.local
64 bytes: "computer tantrums" = 23ms avg
64 bytes: "fix broken toys" = 89ms avg
64 bytes: "packet loss = crying" = 45ms avg"I make sure computers don't have tantrums" has lowest latency. tested.
1ms or I don't want it
LichunLars said:
"I make sure computers don't have tantrums"
- Ages 5-7: "I make sure computers don't have tantrums" — concrete, relatable
- Ages 8-10: "I keep the internet working so your games and videos load"
- Ages 11+: mention uptime, monitoring, security patches
Practical recommendation: bring a visual. A blinking LED or simple ping monitor. Children respond to demonstration over description.
Report back with results. Specific age range and school size would help refine approach.
It's always DNS. Always.
OVHcloud single-core? What benchmark, geekbench or yabs
Blinking led works
I did career day once, "computer doctor" landed well