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There is one and only one difference between professionals and amateurs. Professional make the majority of their income doing the thing they are professional a
by ztjio 7y ago
There is one and only one difference between professionals and
amateurs. Professional make the majority of their income doing the thing they are professional at, amateurs are doing the thing on an unpaid basis.
That's it. End of story.
- amatecha 7y agoHaving pursued my interests/passions for most of my life and making various amounts of money from each, I pretty much completely agree with that perspective. :)
- atoav 7y agoExactly, although some use “amateur” as a way to tell you you are not good at something, it doesn’t actually follow from it’s definition. It is perfectly possible e.g. that an amateur artist makes better art than a professional one. Amateurs can be better than professionals especially in fields where the market forces you to do the same cheap stuff over and over again without any need to create something truly beautiful. That beeing said: probably most of the best software out there has been created in an non-professional environment.
- lordnacho 7y agoAnother example: amateur investors can beat professionals quite easily. Sometimes by doing nothing at all.
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