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“Professional” is a Funny Term
The term “professional” is one that I have always found to be very interesting.
The definition of the term “professional” (noun) is: “a person engaged or qualified in a profession”. As an (adjective) it can mean “relating to or connected with a profession” or “engaged in a specified activity as one’s main paid occupation rather than as a pastime”.
As I am writing this I am not yet 40 yet I have been a paid “professional” in one form or another in working with computers and development for 20 years. So why are there times that I don’t I feel like I am a “professional”? I really need to explain what I mean here. Some weeks back I remember seeing an article that was talking about a study regarding self perception in younger people and how it was up to 30% more positive when they were living at home or had a close friend group. Now unfortunately — I did not do my usual bookmarking to read later on this article and now I can’t find it again. There is even a good chance that my recollection of the topic is off. However, what I remember dovetails nicely with the point of this post.
In order to try and explain this concept, I started both trying to find that article and also trying…
