Any professionals out there?

[twentynine]

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Not sure why exactly, but I really take offence at your post.
Professionals take WAY more forms than that. eg Chef, hairstylist and mechanic....all have extensive training. If you are asking about PHD's? then they are not worth the paper they are written on mostly. For instance ...I left school to take on an apprenticeship as a hairdresser...did 4 years of school with in salon training...then split off into studying diseases of the hair and scalp for an additional 2 years and learned to trim expensive hand made hairpieces for people that had lost all hair to Kemo etc (one wrong snip and thats $600+ down the drain) ......does that make me a professional?

Yes! I seem to have taken the same offense.

What would happen to his world with out all the PROFESSIONAL garbage men, or Professional janitors?

He would be walking in garbage, using a filthy restroom, wouldn't he?

 

[OwlLover]

I'm a professional chef. If you want to know what I specialize in, just ask!

 

[Glenmar]

Medical Technologist here. I guess you could call me a Professional in Clinical Laboratory Sciences. I have over 20 years of experience.

 

[MuranoFarms]

Everyone with a camera is an amateur photographer. I have a fancy camera, several lenses, a room full of lights and lots of software. I have won contests and am being published. I don't need a degree in it....I'm still a professional!

I know...doesn't fit the definition, but is true none the less.

 

[chickened]

My definition of a professional: Someone who does what they do well enough to be paid to do it, otherwise they would be a hobbist..

 

[yomama]

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I hardly call being a mom a "hobbiest".

 

[Stephanie739]

I opened an independent insurance agency a few years ago, and am also active in politics. I'm finishing up a bachelors program in political science and will begin a masters program in international relations soon after.

 

[chickened]

Payment type may vary occupation to occupation. I would think your husband feels you are not free.

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I hardly call being a mom a "hobbiest".

 

[grammypam]

I was a surgical first asst. Had to retire due to disability. I now raise chickens for a hobby and am loving it. Oh,and I'm a wife,a mom and a grammy.

 

[yomama]

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I hardly call being a mom a "hobbiest".


Not quite sure what you mean by that?