It is, indeed, a very Silicon Valley (perhaps it's infected other areas
as well) to quickly jump to/judge by employment. I often play a game,
rating introductory conversations by how long we manage to avoid that topic.
Over my 40+ year working life, I have worked on several projects that I
loved. But they don't define me, and I'd rather talk about pretty much
anything else, especially to someone I've just met.
On 10/8/24 10:19 AM, Yeddanapudi Radhika via Silklist wrote:
I received an early lesson on this issue in 1996. I asked someone what
they do and he replied: I ski. He then explained avuncularly (we were
both in our late 20s) that on the west coast of the US that question
always meant what do you love to do, what is it you live for (clearly
not to earn). Now, of course, it screams privilige because you have
created (or inherited) a life where you get to think of what you like
to do. But on the flip side it made me feel...empty, because I hadn't
worked on the things I had loved. Ever since, I've restrained myself
from asking that question when I meet someone for the first time. I
just wait collecting clues instead, hahaha.
El mar., 8 oct. 2024 1:14 a. m., Udhay Shankar N via Silklist
<[email protected]> escribió:
This, the most banal of all conversational opening lines, is
something I discourage at the meetups I organise. So it was
interesting to see silklister CY Gopinath's take.
https://www.mid-day.com/news/opinion/article/and-you-do-exactly-what-sir-23407241
Udhay
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