On: Keep Your Identity Small (2009)

[imchillyb]

Identity is not 'what I do', but 'who I am.'

'Who I am' does not include tangents such as what programming language I utilize.

'Who I am' speaks to the intrinsic nature of me. What my core being considers unalterable and unchanging specifics.

Most of the topics here in this thread do not speak to that.

[fouroneone → imchillyb]

No it's interconnected. What you do is tied to who you are.

It's visible in language. People often use the term "I am a java programmer" rather then "I am a programmer who uses java".

The topics in this thread don't speak to it because it's implicitly implied.