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ProfessorGAC

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50. I Never Used The Title, Either

Reply to honest.abe (Reply #28)

Fri Dec 18, 2020, 05:10 PM

Dec 2020

And, I did work in that field.
Just not my style. But, if someone prefers it, that's fine.
There were some peers that used it, had it on their business cards, etc. that struck me as pompous nonsense.
But, I presume that was more a personal judgment on them, not the title.

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