> On 8/31/07, wouter van ooijen <wouter@voti.nl> wrote:
> > >  Wouter,
> > > You are a proffesional in what did you studied and worked 
> 80% from 
> > > your life.
> >
> > Well, that is a definition (yours). By that definition I 
> don't qualify 
> > for 'professional' in any field :)
> >
> > But note that it has a problem: take a person who has spend 100% of 
> > his working life in the field AB. Clearly a professional by 
> your definition.
> > Now some bigjob comes along to recategorize the working 
> field, and he 
> > decides to split AB into two professions, A and B. Now our former 
> > professional has spend 50% in both fields, so he is no longer a 
> > professional...
> 
> Depends how far away are the fields. If you mean A=embedded 
> software and B=manufacturing furniture then definitely that 
> guy appears as not a proffesionist (even it could be) 
> Discussion can take place but I have no time rightnow , sorry.
> 
> Vasile


Professional has different meanings, not just "you're good at what you do".
Usually it means you get paid, occasionally it means you are qualified (as
in certificate on the wall).  Expert may be a better word.

You can have Professional/Amateur & Expert/Newbie (or Expert/Useless if
appropriate):

              | Expert | Newbie     
--------------------------------
Professional  |        |
--------------------------------
     Amateur  |        |

People like Olin or Jinx are in the Professional/Expert box, Wouter is
saying he's in Amateur/Expert box.  Either group can answer your question,
but one might send you a bill.

The Professional/Newbie group has their own website - <www.dailywtf.com>.

Tony

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