people asking me for my "hobbies" is weird because a lot of things I do I wouldn't call "hobbies" but I still do them and enjoy them

@noiob this is similar on "what do you do for a living".
There are so many atypical ways to enjoy your spare time and to be useful in a modern business.
My answer is likely a bit passive agressive: Oddly unspecific (like "job: data analysis, hobby: tinkering", just to find out if the reaction shows real interest of if person is just trying to small talk me.

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@adorfer I really dislike that "what do you do for a living" is such a character-defining question when it's just something I happen to be good at that people are willing to pay me for

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