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> 10 year career veteran A 10 year career does not make you a veteran..

by eric_cc 3y ago

Tostino 3y ago
You don't know their situation or work history, why reply with something so negative?
- omniglottal 3y ago
  A veteran is someone who has served in the armed forces. It's like saying "I have 10 years tenure" when they're not a tenured professor, but just mean "have worked in the industry/position for 10 years".
  - Tostino 3y ago
    The term is used colloquially so often that I didn't even associate it with military service in this context in the least.
  - bckr 3y ago
    Both the use of “veteran” and “tenure” that you provide as incorrect are recognized as correct by OED and are common colloquial uses.
  - sudosysgen 3y ago
    > A veteran (from Latin vetus 'old') is a person who has significant experience (and is usually adept and esteemed) and expertise in a particular occupation or field.[1] A military veteran is a person who is no longer in a military.[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veteran https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veteran
  - cableshaft 3y ago
    That's one definition. A word can have more than one definition. Cambridge: "a person who has had a lot of experience of a particular activity"[1] Merriam-Webster: "a person of long experience usually in some occupation or skill (such as politics or the arts)[2] Oxford: "A person with long experience in a particular (non-military) position, field, or activity; any experienced or ageing person."[3] Vocabulary.com: "Veteran commonly refers to someone who has fought in a war––think Veterans' Day, the Vietnam Veterans' Memorial––but, in fact, the word can mean anyone with experience in a particular field."[4] I could go on. They used it correctly. 10 years is plenty of experience for this field to use the term veteran. [1]: https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/veteran https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/veter... [2]: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/veteran https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/veteran [3]: https://www.oed.com/search/dictionary/?scope=Entries&q=veteran https://www.oed.com/search/dictionary/?scope=Entries&q=veter... [4]: https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/veteran https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/veteran
  - kevin_thibedeau 3y ago
    Veteran has a broader meaning than just ex-military. Saying you're "a veteran" implies military service, while "a veteran of $foo" does not.
  - DiggyJohnson 3y ago
    You just aren't familiar with the more generic definitions of "veteran" and "tenure". "Tenure", especially, is not reserved for the well-defined academic track.
- eric_cc 3y ago
  Fair point that it reads negatively. I was smiling while I wrote it. A 10 year period of time does not invoke the word veteran to me. But it’s not a big deal and I’d rather not bring the negative vibes.
wing-_-nuts 3y ago
Lol, ok. I don't even bother to list anything on my resume over 10 years old.

> 10 year career veteran A 10 year career does not make you a veteran..

Tostino 3y ago

You don't know their situation or work history, why reply with something so negative?

omniglottal 3y ago
A veteran is someone who has served in the armed forces. It's like saying "I have 10 years tenure" when they're not a tenured professor, but just mean "have worked in the industry/position for 10 years".
- Tostino 3y ago
  The term is used colloquially so often that I didn't even associate it with military service in this context in the least.
- bckr 3y ago
  Both the use of “veteran” and “tenure” that you provide as incorrect are recognized as correct by OED and are common colloquial uses.
- sudosysgen 3y ago
  > A veteran (from Latin vetus 'old') is a person who has significant experience (and is usually adept and esteemed) and expertise in a particular occupation or field.[1] A military veteran is a person who is no longer in a military.[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veteran https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veteran
- cableshaft 3y ago
  That's one definition. A word can have more than one definition. Cambridge: "a person who has had a lot of experience of a particular activity"[1] Merriam-Webster: "a person of long experience usually in some occupation or skill (such as politics or the arts)[2] Oxford: "A person with long experience in a particular (non-military) position, field, or activity; any experienced or ageing person."[3] Vocabulary.com: "Veteran commonly refers to someone who has fought in a war––think Veterans' Day, the Vietnam Veterans' Memorial––but, in fact, the word can mean anyone with experience in a particular field."[4] I could go on. They used it correctly. 10 years is plenty of experience for this field to use the term veteran. [1]: https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/veteran https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/veter... [2]: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/veteran https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/veteran [3]: https://www.oed.com/search/dictionary/?scope=Entries&q=veteran https://www.oed.com/search/dictionary/?scope=Entries&q=veter... [4]: https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/veteran https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/veteran
- kevin_thibedeau 3y ago
  Veteran has a broader meaning than just ex-military. Saying you're "a veteran" implies military service, while "a veteran of $foo" does not.
- DiggyJohnson 3y ago
  You just aren't familiar with the more generic definitions of "veteran" and "tenure". "Tenure", especially, is not reserved for the well-defined academic track.
eric_cc 3y ago
Fair point that it reads negatively. I was smiling while I wrote it. A 10 year period of time does not invoke the word veteran to me. But it’s not a big deal and I’d rather not bring the negative vibes.

wing-_-nuts 3y ago

Lol, ok. I don't even bother to list anything on my resume over 10 years old.