Kind of wild that “career” also means “move swiftly and in an uncontrolled way in a specified direction.”
@ftrain My own career was more like that of a pinball. And I think that’s not unusual?
@ftrain I thought this was a careen joke but no. It’s literally another definition for career.
@tregg @ftrain actually the basis for the VC “move fast and break things” mantra.
@ftrain this explains a lot about my life and I don’t appreciate it
@ftrain my standard answer for some years now when people ask me about my career is that I "don't have so much of a career, as a careen".
@ftrain Ever think about the word “founder”? It works as a verb too.
@ftrain I love things like this, I think it derives from the latin for chariot (carrus) so understandable how the two meanings have resulted over time 😀
@ftrain A Danish dictionary entry for our equivalent (karriere):
"Highest possible speed - originally for horses" :-)
@ftrain 🎶
First you're another sloe-eyed vamp
Then someone's mother, then you're camp
Then you career from career to career
I'm almost through my memoirs, and I'm here

@ftrain seeing this confused me a good bunch because "careen" exists, and damn english is a weird language

https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/usage-difference-careen-versus-career

'Careen' vs. 'Career'

Don't rush to judge them differently

@ftrain is that career or careen?
@ftrain I believe the mathematical description is "a random walk"?
@ftrain “…generally downhill“ 🤔🫡