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Professionals

Tuesday, March 26th, 2019

Dear Reader,

At what point are we “Professionals” at what we do? In “Outliers“, Malcolm Gladwell says we have to put in 10,000 hours to master a skill, but does mastery of  skill make us a professional?

Albert Einstein tells us “If you can’t explain it to a six year old, you don’t understand it yourself.” Does being able to explain what we do to a child make us a professional?

I believe that we are professionals at a given skill when we can – and are willing to – use it to help others.

Professional does not indicate skill level or competency, it indicates a willingness to use a skill to the benefit other ones self, others, and society in general.

A carpenter who spends their spare time building houses for low-income families, is a Professional, regardless of their skill level.

A developer who spends some of their free time creating and managing an open source project is  professional programmer.

Don’t just take the time to master a skill, invest the time to be a professional.

Until next time,
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