> the contemporary idea of work having to be the end-all to one’s identity, purpose and meaning in life. This is something that bothers me a lot. The default

> the contemporary idea of work having to be the end-all to one’s identity, purpose and meaning in life. This is something that bothers me a lot. The default answer to any question about who we are is something like "Ohh, I'm a $profession, I work for $company." I suppose it's an easy ice breaker, but it is so rarely interesting or relevant. I like riding BMX and Mountain Bikes, being outdoors, building stuff, and have some interest in open source/free culture. Those things are only at best tangentially related to my actual career in IT.