Today at work, theres a new guy joined in the MI team. So being an MI analyst, I thought he might share a tiny bit of passion for programming.
We were making small talk, I asked what his main hobby was. He responded: 'Golf'. which is awesome. Most like a round of golf every now and then.
When he asked me mine, I responded: 'My main hobby is programming.'. Fair enough right?
But no, he laughed in my face and said: 'How can programming be a hobby?'.
I was stunned. I had never been confronted with such an honest and demoralising response before. I felt humiliated, and for some reason ashamed. I dont know why but I did.
How do I come back to someone if they say that to me again without sounding like a complete geek? Or do i just ignore it and rise above it?
has anyone else been in a situation like this before?