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Your argument, as I understand it, is thus: you are indebted to those who helped you along the way, and so you should not be vain. Sexiness is vanity, therefore by thinking that your job is sexy, you are being insufficiently humble to those who helped you get where you are, and you will be the worse for it. Three points: firstly, how is this at all specific to 'makers'? Absolutely everyone has been helped along the way to get to where they are. Thus by your argument, nobody has a sexy job. Secondly, I don't buy that sexiness implies vanity. My present job is certainly not sexy, but I have had jobs in the past that would be considered sexy by many, and I don't think that made me (or any of my co-workers) vain, I just think it made me enjoy my job. Thirdly, being a 'maker', if we understand the same things by that term, certainly IS sexy, in the literal sense of the term. Being able to create interesting, useful and fun things is a very attractive trait. Lots of girls are attracted to guys who can build stuff, and personally I find very few things hotter than hacker ladies. Can't speak for the gay view on that, but I don't see how it would be any different. I would say the opposite. Be sexy. Revel in it. Go create. |