&gt; &quot;so, what do you do?&quot;<p>You don&#x27;t have to say &quot;I&#x27;m unemployed to that answer&quot;. You can still say you&#x27;re a programmer, if you&#x27;re a programmer! Even better, you can start a little project and call it a &quot;startup&quot;. Tell &#x27;em you&#x27;re a hip little entrepreneur - that&#x27;s even cooler than being employed in some circles. :)