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Originally Posted by vermin
To me professional only means you get paid for doing the job.
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I like that. Kind of like athletes. Olympians are considered amateur, right? College ball players (baseball, football, whatever...) are all considered amateur, aren't they?
In my opinion, as Tec so eloquently put it, if you get paid for it, you're a professional. A lot of my colleagues tend to think of themselves as professional. I've heard them talk about how so-and-so was just so 'unprofessional' when they gossip...excuse me, communicate on a meaningful basis to form peer bonds. Personally, I think those that profess a penchant to pontificate on the usage of the word professional are perhaps protesting a bit too much and should instead learn to take life (and its definitions) less seriously.
