Professional Amateur (other)

	Professional Amateur (other) Professional amateur may refer to: Pro–am (professional–amateur), a level of play between amateur and professional in sports Amateur professionalism Amateur professionalism or professional amateurism (shortened to pro-am) is a blurring of the distinction between professional and amateur within any endeavour or attainable skill that could be labelled professional in fields such as writing, compu ..., a socio-economic concept of amateur output of professional quality See also * Professional (other) * Amateur (other) {{Disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Pro–am Pro–am (or pro/am, pro am, ProAm; a contraction of professional–amateur) refers to a sporting event where both professional career athletes and amateurs compete. It could also refer to a collaboration between professionals and amateurs in a scientific discipline such as astronomy. Overview In reference to individuals, the term also has another meaning: it implies someone that is intermediate, indeterminate or fluctuating between amateur and professional status, an idea more related to the similar socio-economic term "amateur professionalism". A common synonym for this version of pro–am is semi-professional (semi-pro). Thus has the term proam long had various meanings and significances, depending upon the sport in question. Those who play at a highly competitive and strongly skilled level, but are not paid, are often called pro–ams. The term is also applied to competitors who do get paid in some events (e.g., tournaments with a cash prize) but who do not m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Amateur Professionalism Amateur professionalism or professional amateurism (shortened to pro-am) is a blurring of the distinction between professional and amateur within any endeavour or attainable skill that could be labelled professional in fields such as writing, computer programming, music or film. The idea was used by Demos, a British think tank, in the 2004 book ''The Pro-Am Revolution'' co-authored by writer Charles Leadbeater. Leadbeater has evangelized the idea (in "amateur professional" order this time) by presenting it at TEDGlobal 2005. The idea is distinct from the sports term " pro–am" (professional–amateur), though derived from it. An example of professional amateurism on a large scale is the international open source and free software operating system project Linux which along with its many spinoffs has been developed by paid professionals at companies such as Red Hat, HP, and IBM working generally indistinguishably together with amateur professional coders. Amateur professio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Professional (other) A professional is someone who is skilled in a profession. Professional or professionals may also refer to: * Professional sports Music The Professionals (band), a British punk rock band formed in 1979 ''The Professionals'' (The Professionals album), a 1980 album by hard rock band The Professionals * The Professionals (Madlib and Oh No album) * ''The Professional'' (album), a 1998 DJ Clue album ''The Professional 2'', a 2000 DJ Clue album "The Professional" (1988 song), a song by DJ Clue from his 1998 album '' The Professional'' "The Professional" (2000 song), a song by Sleater-Kinney from their 2000 album '' All Hands on the Bad One'' "Professional" (2013 song), a song by ''The Weeknd'' from his 2013 album ''Kiss Land'' Film * ''The Professionals'' (1960 film), a British crime thriller * ''The Professionals'' (1966 film), an American western film * ''The Professional'' (1981 film), a French action film * '' Léon: The Professional'', a 1994 French thriller * ''The Pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]