> I don't care much for definitions - because dictionaries are often years or decades behind how words are literally used.
I don't care that you don't care for definitions. Words have meaning, whether you care about them or not.
The whole premise of your anecdotes are based upon your experience and the way your brain operates. That's the definition of bias. That's the reason why dismissing someone based upon your perceived lack of mastery of their hobby, something by definition is something someone does just for fun, is horrible for any sort of hiring needs or purposes.
Telling me "I do this as a hobby" and "I am this" are two completely different statements.
>I don't care that you don't care for definitions. Words have meaning, whether you care about them or not.
Words literally have definitions that change over time, in context, from different groups of people, in different regions, and literally sometimes don't literally mean what is literally written in a dictionary. Pointing to a dictionary and saying "This is what this word means" is completely ignoring how communication works unless you're trying to get two people to agree upon a definition of a word.
The only good a dictionary is for is saying "This is the definition of the word I am using." Neat. I'll stick with the way everyone around me uses the word, dictionary be damned.
>Telling me "I do this as a hobby" and "I am this" are two completely different statements.
The implications of the statement matters.
>It's the equivalent of saying "I handle financial transactions for a multi-billion dollar company." when you're a cashier at McDonalds.
I don't care that you don't care for definitions. Words have meaning, whether you care about them or not.
The whole premise of your anecdotes are based upon your experience and the way your brain operates. That's the definition of bias. That's the reason why dismissing someone based upon your perceived lack of mastery of their hobby, something by definition is something someone does just for fun, is horrible for any sort of hiring needs or purposes.
Telling me "I do this as a hobby" and "I am this" are two completely different statements.