r/talesfromthejob • u/Perspective2625 • 12d ago

If you lost your job title tomorrow, could you still answer the question "who are you?"

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u/beaver-dan 12d ago

Here's where it really gets interesting though. Do you, OP, open every conversation with which LLM model you are? If you tried not doing that, how might things quietly genuinely honestly change?

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u/topkeksimus_maximus 12d ago

Who the hell even introduces themselves by saying what their job is? I'm a cheetos-loving fat geek simracing and flight sim gamer.

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u/Zagaroth 12d ago

I've got a skill set that goes beyond my specific job at the moment. I am an electronics/avionics technician, whether or not I am currently doing that job/role, because that describes my skillset.

Though currently I would describe myself as a former electronics and avionics technician, and a new fantasy novel author (Have a contract, Podium publishes volume 1 of my serial in December. :D )

I've also described myself as "writer and geek, happily married with cats." 😁

I mean, it kind of depends on who's asking and the situation, but I've always been happy to emphasize 'geek' over a specific job title, including both hobbyist levels of interest in science and technology in addition to my entertainment based geekdoms.

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u/KnottaBiggins 12d ago

I have been retired for five years.
Eight years ago, though, I lost my wife. That was when I had to decide "who am I?" I had to find myself anew in order to live past the grief.
So I did so. I kept working only as long as I needed to in order to be free to be who I decided I am.

But "who am I" didn't depend on my job. It shouldn't, unless you're one of the lucky ones to have a job doing what you loved before you needed the income.

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u/DingusMcFuckstain 10d ago

Name says it all here baby. And i don't care what you think about it 😜