Indeed. A rather curious difference between the Anglo-Saxon and Latin work ethic (and of course I'm painting a picture here, this blunt generalisation is meant

Indeed. A rather curious difference between the Anglo-Saxon and Latin work ethic (and of course I'm painting a picture here, this blunt generalisation is meant only to propose an argument), is that: For the former, your job is who you are - the second question out of anyone's mouth in the UK is 'what do you do?'. Whereas, for the latter, who you are in society determines your job. Hopefully we can reach beyond both these erroneous socialisations.