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How to express my hobby properly to others...
JohnnyMalaria:
--- Quote from: tggzzz on February 12, 2021, 09:24:42 am ---"I'm learning how to do interesting things I've never done before. What are you doing?"
Scientists discover what exists in nature. Engineers create new things that haven't yet been seen in nature.
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Why draw a distinction? Based on this, I'm a scientist and an engineer. And a mathematician.
trophosphere:
At the risk of going on a bit of tangent, what is the difference between being a hobbyist and a maker? I keep hearing people referring to themselves as makers but think to myself, based on their description, aren't they just a hobbyist?
JohnnyMalaria:
Reading between the lines here:
https://blog.anthonythomas.com/the-case-for-hobbyists-in-the-maker-movement
I suppose that a maker is something who produces a saleable product using hobbyist capabilities rather than having a professional enterprise with conventional industrial infrastructure.
DiTBho:
--- Quote from: trophosphere on February 12, 2021, 03:10:51 pm ---what is the difference between being a hobbyist and a maker?
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Content creators on Youtube are specialists in enthusiastically filming what they do and think and do for audience entertainment, which sometimes makes them to earn.
Content-Makers on Hackaday are usually "hackers" who are also specialist in enthusiastically writing with style what they do and think, which sometimes makes them reached by other hackers who are not good at writing with style, but very skilled with firmware, software, Linux, etc and hardware stuff, and if the enthusiasm is enough, it may bring to great projects.
In these two groups I see guys who start out as talented and motivated hobbyists, and then become talented specialists who make money from their hobby by leveraging their skills and communication-talent.
tautech:
--- Quote from: hamster_nz on February 11, 2021, 11:21:55 pm ---Trying to explained to somebody (a secondary school teacher) that I am not in "the Business of Computing, Coding and Electronics" but the craft of Computing, Coding and Electronics.
Like "a painter (trade)" vs "a painter (artist)"? (not that I am at all an artist).
I'm not doing it for a job, but doing it for pure interest and to satisfy a need to do something challenging and to express my thoughts.
What are the right words for that?
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Investigation and learnings of the deeper workings of the digital world.
Just don't expect any teacher to have a sufficient grasp of such things to have any idea of what you're talking about. :horse:
And that's the really sad thing ! :(
Sadly there are very few I've crossed paths with that have gained my respect.
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