YOU’VE got an important and interesting job which your mum can’t get her head round. Here’s what you actually do, compared to what she tells people you do:

Your job: Head of data analytics

She says: ‘Something about computers’

Your job: Risk analyst

She says: ‘Fiddles around with spreadsheets’

Your job: Building contractor

She says: ‘Bricklayer’

Your job: User interface designer

She says: ‘Website thingies’

Your job: Video game development

She says: ‘Sits around playing on the SNES’

Your job: Reference specialist at the British Library

She says: ‘Stamps books’

Your job: Successful influencer

She says: ‘Makes silly videos’

Your job: Regional manager for popular chain of pubs

She says: ‘Barmaid’

Your Job: Laboratory technician

She says: ‘Basically a doctor’

Your job: Cyber security analyst

She says: ‘IT’

Your job: Cyber security analyst at GCHQ

She says: ‘Fancy IT’

Your job: Geographical information manager for national bus company

She says: ‘He cut the bus route to Tuesday bingo’

Your job: Bin man

She says: ‘Very important job at the council’

Your job: McDonalds line cook

She says: ‘Chef’

Your job: Digital consultant

She says: ‘Facebook’

Your job: Communications specialist

She says: ‘Gabbing on the phone a lot. Never rings me, though’

Your job: Backend specialist

She says: ‘Are you sure it’s not pornography?’

Your job: Writer

She says: ‘Unemployed waste of space’