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I don't have that problem ("I work with computers / I am a computer programmer") but I usually follow with "I'm a race driver. I drive the car as fast as I can, I don't change the tires nor the oil in it" when I get the usual "can you fix my computer?" request.

For reasons that I care not to ask people get seriously annoyed by that.

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I like that analogy for the simple reason that I imagine most race car drivers do in fact have opinions about tires and oil and know how to fix them. It's just not the main part of their job. Similarly, you probably would be a lot better at fixing computers than a layman.

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