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What a ridiculous list. Amateurs are people without formal training who contribute as a hobby, professionals are trained and get paid for what they do. There is
by moksly 7y ago
What a ridiculous list. Amateurs are people without formal training who contribute as a hobby, professionals are trained and get paid for what they do. There isn’t any correlation between the things on that list and amateurs/professionals at all in my opinion. It simply reads as a list of good/bad traits that you want or want to avoid in the people in your network and yourself.
People who do things as a hobby don’t just stop once they reach some goal, at least not in my experience. In stead they set new goals, and I really don’t think people give up easily either. I mean, most people who do an Ironman are technically amateurs who self-train and participate because they think it’s fun.
Likewise, when we operate open source projects we evaluate your contributions not your personal status. If your code is solid, no one is going to care if you’re a 89 year old retired truck driver who codes for fun.
- smitty1e 7y agoIt's a list of generalizations that mor or less apply. But the cash test up this page is the bottom line. I may do a rhyme here and there, perhaps well. But until I sell books of poetry, calling me a 'poet' seems a misnomer.
- jomohke 7y agoLooking at Collins dictionary, I think the author is using the third definition of amateur: “a person unskilled in or having only a superficial knowledge of a subject” And the second definition of professional “a personal who engages in an activity with great competence” These are implied by the question that begins the article: “Why is it that some people seem to be hugely successful and do so much, while the vast majority of us struggle to tread water?” The author could have chosen better words, but I feel you’re missing most of the article by focusing exclusively on them.