Dictionary.com defines “professional” as:
adj.
- Of, relating to, engaged in, or suitable for a profession: lawyers, doctors, and other professional people.
- Conforming to the standards of a profession: professional behavior.
- Engaging in a given activity as a source of livelihood or as a career: a professional writer.
- Performed by persons receiving pay: professional football.
- Having or showing great skill; expert: a professional repair job.
n.
- A person following a profession, especially a learned profession.
- One who earns a living in a given or implied occupation: hired a professional to decorate the house.
- A skilled practitioner; an expert.
My employer defines professional as someone that keeps their desk clean, has nothing on the back of their chair (like a jacket) and is quiet. Hmmm....it seems dictionary.com got it wrong. :-\
Today is the big opening of our new “technology center”. Imagine nothing more than a cube farm, a big conference room and a server room. Yep....that's it.