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you have no clue what your best friend does for work

@emrezkalla

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Why it worked

The video uses a relatable premise of friends not knowing each other's jobs and a humorous misunderstanding to create engaging content. The quick back-and-forth and the unexpected twist of 'data engineer' vs. 'boat captain' likely contributed to its shareability.

Summary

The creator is acting out a scenario where their friend doesn't know what they do for work, leading to a humorous misunderstanding about "deck" work. The conversation escalates with the friend guessing incorrectly about boat-related jobs before the creator clarifies they are a data engineer.

Structure

1Friend doesn't know creator's job
2Creator improvises and mentions 'deck'
3Misunderstanding about boats and legal issues
4Creator clarifies they are a data engineer

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you have no clue what your best friend does for work

Transcript

I can't believe this is happening at work. Wait, what did she do again? Shit. I need to improvise. Oh no, what is it? The clients. No, this was internal actually. Still not a clue. Yeah, internal. Classic. The deck I worked on just got totally derailed. Did she say deck? Does she work on a boat? Yeah, I hate when that happens to the deck. And all of a sudden, legal's now involved. Wait, I'm still so confused. Did she crash the boat? Legal for what? I know, right? And now it has to go through compliance. And she lost me. Obviously. Sorry, I'm I'm I'm venting. You get it though. Your job's similar. Oh my god, she thinks I work on a boat? Is it? You don't know what I do, do you? Don't admit it. You're a boat captain? I'm a data engineer. I'm sorry. How did you get boat captain? You said deck. So I just went with that. Ah yeah, that makes sense.