# pro (professional)

a person who does work for pay using skill

- Computed level: L21 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: review  ·  Domain: pro  ·  Arena: pro

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [skill](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-skill.ability), [pay](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-pay.economic), [work](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-work.effort), [payment](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-payment.economic), [people](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-people.social), [use](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-use.application)

**Through:** skill is applied through use in work, and payment is given in exchange, all situated within a social context of people.

**Novel properties:**
- paid expertise
- social role of worker
- purposeful application of skill

## Examples
- Linus Torvalds earned salary from Transmeta while developing the Linux kernel. *(computing)*
- Serena Williams won $3.5 million for winning the 2013 French Open tournament. *(sports)*
- The Brooklyn Bridge maintenance crew received city wages to repair cables in 2022. *(engineering)*

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*Canonical: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-pro.professional*  
*Structured data: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-pro.professional.json*  
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