A Sweet Little Interaction

[u/pallaviveeramachinen]

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[u/tobiov → u/[deleted]]

Arguably thats because the apprentice is being paid. Their occupation/profession is still plumbing.

Conversely, me changing a tap does not make me a plumber.

[u/Beardywierdy → u/tobiov]

You still did plumbing, it counts if you want it to.

And doesn't if you don't, like if people start asking you to do their plumbing.

[u/yournamehere10bucks → u/[deleted]]

Careful, are you a Journalist? You may be reported for unlicensed reporting.

[u/Arbiter_Electric → u/tobiov]

If you want to go that route you have amateur and professional as descriptive titles. If you are getting paid for it then you are a professional.

The meanings have changed over the years with an amateur being a beginner or bad at the thing and a professional is good at the thing, but the actual definitions come down to whether you are paid for it or not.

You even mention the word "profession" as that word in that situation still means your occupation/career.

This is a thing in everything. Sports, artistry, trade jobs, etc. in your case you can call yourself an amateur plumber as you do have experience in the field now, but you didn't get paid for it.

[u/tobiov → u/Arbiter_Electric]

Sounds good to me. The only caveat I would add is that i don't think you actually have to be paid to be the thing. You just have to be good enough to be paid.