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8 Things You Know To Be True If Your Parent Is Tech Savvy

Sneaking in late for curfew was a no-go because they were already tracking you.

Catherine Ryan Campbell
Jun 05, 2017
University of Louisville
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Having a parent who works in the tech field is totally different from other kinds of parents. Here's why.

1. All your friends use them for tech advice like their life is a big walking Genius Bar.

My best friend and I both had IOS7 before anybody else because my dad installed it on both our phones before it was a regular update.

2. When someone says, "Oh my parents doesn't have social media" It genuinely confuses you.

My dad found me on Twitter faster than the FBI could have. Also he had it before me.

3. Trying to slide in late from a curfew will never happen.

Because guess what? They were already tracking you for most of the night!

4. In addition to the tracking, lying about your location is also a no-go.

Oh that is interesting you said you're at Gretchen's house? Take a look at this screenshot of your current location and tell me if that looks like you're at Gretchen's house.

5. "I don't want to pay for an app," is blasphemy.

Normally someone would understand why I don't want to waste my money on an app. However, you probably should not say this in the presence of a literal app developer. "People have worked their asses off to develop this app but it isn't worth 99 cents?"

6. When people ask what your parent does for a living and you can't give a real answer because they hold a lot of titles.

Programming...computer science...app developing...leading teams...I don't know. Their full time job is being my parent so that is their job.

7. "Where's your mom/dad?" "New York. California? Seattle maybe? Possibly Thailand? I don't know let me track him."

This usually make for awkward silence when you aren't sure where your parental figure is but they travel a lot so its kind of hard to keep up.

8. You parent is probably way cooler than you ever will be.

Traveling the earth and doing awesome stuff all the time probably definitely encouraged you to take part in a STEM field. Shout out to them for being your personal 24/7 tech support.

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I hope my job/life is half as cool as my Dads. Can't thank him enough for the support in all aspects of my life and I look forward to hopefully being half as badass with my job.

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