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   Jason Evangelho (killyourfm@layer8.space)'s status on Thursday, 21-Dec-2023 02:34:51 JST Jason Evangelho

   From now on when people ask that classic question "So, what do you do?" my answer will be "I'm a musician. I just happen to support that pursuit with a full-time marketing job."

   When you meet someone, tell them who you truly are, not what you do to pay the bills.

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     Jason Evangelho (killyourfm@layer8.space)'s status on Thursday, 21-Dec-2023 04:56:01 JST Jason Evangelho

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     • Michael Labowicz

     @mlabowicz That sounds really exciting to me!

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     Michael Labowicz (mlabowicz@bigshoulders.city)'s status on Thursday, 21-Dec-2023 04:56:02 JST Michael Labowicz

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     @killyourfm in that case I'm a tinkerer 😃

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     Jason Evangelho (killyourfm@layer8.space)'s status on Thursday, 21-Dec-2023 06:53:15 JST Jason Evangelho

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     • S31bz :linux:

     @s31bz And that's one hell of an awesome objective!

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     S31bz :linux: (s31bz@linuxrocks.online)'s status on Thursday, 21-Dec-2023 06:53:17 JST S31bz :linux:

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     @killyourfm
     I've been doing this all year long. When someone asked me what I'm doing, I'd reply "I help people understand technology and tailor it to their needs" as well as mentioning "that aids in funding my lifelong quest to open source everything"

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     Jason Evangelho (killyourfm@layer8.space)'s status on Thursday, 21-Dec-2023 06:53:48 JST Jason Evangelho

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     • emenel

     @emenel That's a much more meaningful way to open up that conversation. Nicely done!

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     emenel (emenel@post.lurk.org)'s status on Thursday, 21-Dec-2023 06:53:49 JST emenel

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     @killyourfm yes! I also stopped asking this question and instead try to ask something more like “what’s interesting you these days?” Or something like that.

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     Angie (ang6666@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 21-Dec-2023 06:54:29 JST Angie

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     @killyourfm Currently, I am at the beck and call of my dogs, that also happens to be a financial analyst. Not exactly how you have it, but how it feels. 😀

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     Jason Evangelho (killyourfm@layer8.space)'s status on Thursday, 21-Dec-2023 06:54:29 JST Jason Evangelho

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     • Angie

     @ang6666 I can see why, though. Your doggos are adorable.

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     Jason Evangelho (killyourfm@layer8.space)'s status on Sunday, 24-Dec-2023 14:51:19 JST Jason Evangelho

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     • Nick Selby :donor:

     @fuzztech I noticed the absence of it in Croatia as well.

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     Nick Selby :donor: (fuzztech@infosec.exchange)'s status on Sunday, 24-Dec-2023 14:51:20 JST Nick Selby :donor:

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     @killyourfm this was one of the first things I noticed when I moved to Europe in my 20s: at social events and parties, “what do you do?l just isn’t a question that comes up. Or rather it will but much later in the conversation.