Professional

27 Jun 97 23:16, Dmitry Grigoryev reported to Evgeny Milun about {Star Legacy -
2}:

DG> I saw it, it interested me, I especially laughed at your habits
DG> “professionalism” ;)

It’s just that SOK doesn’t put “professional” in the word the generally accepted meaning, but one’s own.

“A professional is a person who does something as a profession (as opposed to an amateur)” (c) Ozhegov
“Profession is the main occupation, work activity” (c) ibid
“Laborist is a person who lives on earnings from his labor” (c) ibid

The concept is especially incorrect in this case “professional hacker”
because:
a) the activity is hardly labor, rather parasitic;
b) it can be called a profession only in case of constant payment for this, to put it mildly
labor :)

With warm greetings, Slava!

Tuesday July 01, 1997 12:49, Vyacheslav Mednonogov wrote to Dmitry Grigoryev:

VM> “A professional is a person who does something as a profession (in
VM> as opposed to an amateur)” (c) Ozhegov “A profession is the main occupation,
VM> labor activity" (c) ibid. "A laborer - living on earnings from
VM> his labor" (c) ibid.

I think it is wrong to define modern concepts according to Ozhegov... After all, if
now they say “professionally done work,” they mean that the author
did it easily and beautifully, has taste and has become skilled, and not how much and in what
form he receives remuneration and, indeed especially not his education.

VM> In this case, the concept of “professional hacker” is especially incorrect,
VM> because:
VM> a) the activity is hardly labor, rather parasitic;

Well, that’s your definition. There are others - more profound and quite accepted...

VM> b) it can be called a profession only in the case of constant payment
VM> for this, to put it mildly, labor :)

Well, what’s unusual about this? Officially - in the security services of any
reputable company, unofficially you can find them anywhere.

VM> Warm greetings,
VM> Slava!

Sincerely, Dmitry(OLDMAN).

Well, it depends on your point of view. A typical example recently happened at our work. We were forced to break the protection in one SCADA system, which the developer company sent us from Israel as a demo version. And do you know why?
And then, in order to make the client/server system we need on its basis and check whether it’s worth purchasing (for oh-so-a lot of money) we need a number of
licensed copies.
VM> b) it can be called a profession only in case of constant payment for this,
VM> to put it mildly, labor :)
This is no longer “hacking”, but “computer piracy”. And this is a completely different
conversation.

Good luck! Evgeny.