Beyond the job title

Isn’t it odd we mention our profession when describing ourselves? I get it, for much of history our identity and labor were inseparable. Telling someone you are ‘the blacksmith’ said who you were. Your skills were your survival and your social role. Nowadays, it has become a shorthand to signal status. “I’m the director of [..]” doesn’t tell me anything about you as a person. A shift toward…