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He has a point. Saying I'm a mathematician never conveys the meaning of what I do. If you practice something long enough it does become an art but getting this
by modelic3 17y ago
He has a point. Saying I'm a mathematician never conveys the meaning of what I do. If you practice something long enough it does become an art but getting this sense across to non-practitioners is almost impossible.
- jamesbritt 17y ago" ... but getting this sense across to non-practitioners is almost impossible." And maybe besides the point. I'm sure there's an art to be a lawyer, for example, but I really don't think anyone wants to hear about "Justice artisans" or some such crap. "Software artisan" just sounds inane.
- modelic3 17y agoThe author is trying to convey his passion to other people when they ask him what he does so it certainly is not besides the point.
- jamesbritt 17y agoIt is beside the point of what people are looking for when they ask someone, "What do you do?" Also, FWIW, it conveys for me not passion, but self-infatuation. Perhaps it's a matter of what to do when someone asks you a basic question. Simply tell them what you think they want to know, or tell them what you want them to hear.