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What the fuck is a "creative"?

• Latteland 8y ago
  I'm guessing it's "not like a boring programmer"?
• yoz-y 8y ago
  An encompassing term for artists, designers, illustrators and other profession where your job is mainly to get original ideas and implement them.
  • Latteland 8y ago
    So does that mean using engineering and math as the basis of building bespoke software is not creative in that sense? Just curious, not criticism - because I always thought of designing the architecture of a large software system, making it work within constraints, codes, making it easy to work on, fit withing design constraints, a beautiful UI, even a new programming language as creative.
    • yoz-y 8y ago
      As far as I know no. I do agree with you that programming (and many other professions) can be/are creative. Still having the term "creative" as profession does not mean that other professions are un-creative. People like to put people in bins and give them labels, and I suppose that creative is the main ability these professions require. Maybe one thing that is specific (at least from when I spoke with people employing creatives) is that they have more leeway on what to do.
  • nwellinghoff 8y ago
    yes, exactly. Its an offensive term to say the least. Scientist are the ultimate "creatives" as they create fundamental things that all other fields depend on. But somehow they don't describe themselves as "creatives". Calling yourself a "creative" at best doesn't make any sense and at worst makes you look like a jerk.