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[sandor]

this article is long, but a very good read
http://www.fastcompany.com/online/66/mylife.html

[SteveG]

Thank you sandor for the article. It is interesting and enlightening. I especially related to the following paragraph.

The worst part was constantly being asked The Inevitable Cocktail-Party Question: "What do you do?" Marcela had been away long enough to have forgotten about this disgusting American custom. She found it degrading and reductive and mercenary. I too used to think that The Inevitable Cocktail-Party Question was a scourge on our society. But I'm starting to see that it is really about freedom to choose. A status system has evolved that values being unique and true even more than it values being financially successful.

When asked this question, I often answer "I'm a gangster", or "I'm a drug kingpin", or "I work for the goverment and now I must kill you".

Sometimes if comical to see the reactions of people that cannot see betond our career label.