Things Many People Find Too Obvious to Have Told You Already

Re:Things Many People Find Too Obvious to Have Told You Already by JepZ on Friday December 01, 2017 @05:20PM (#15828215)

> Parent showed them a generalist skill set and they saw a lack of professionalism.

Yeah, thats part of the pattern. Generalists often do not appear as professional as specialists (which does not mean that everybody who looks unprofessional is a generalist).

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Re:Things Many People Find Too Obvious to Have Told You Already by macawfish on Friday December 01, 2017 @05:38PM (#15828361)

Right. And believe me, I'm not the pinnacle of professionalism, but I have core values of respect and a motivation to do work that people find valuable. Last time I checked they are pretty well intact. I believe this person mistook specialism and accolades for professionalism.

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Re:Things Many People Find Too Obvious to Have Told You Already by majormajor on Friday December 01, 2017 @05:49PM (#15828446)

I think there's a difference of terms. Wanting to work 20-40 hours a month on stuff you like instead of "giving into a job" sounds pretty far from what most people are going to consider "a professional" (you work on what the job needs at the present, with standard hours, that they pay for).

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Re:Things Many People Find Too Obvious to Have Told You Already by mattgreenrocks on Saturday December 02, 2017 @09:29AM (#15831950)

This explains why everyone in tech fights over space on the latest bandwagon every time no matter how astoundingly mediocre the latest thing is.

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