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throw101010last Wednesday at 11:26 AM3 repliesview on HN

In a business/formal context it would be normal to introduce yourself like this in the countries you've mentioned.

Do people introduce themselves like that in informal contexts in the USA? If so that's indeed a bit weird, and more a topic you would start talking about for small talk or if someone asked about it.


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endemiclast Wednesday at 3:16 PM

I would find it strange if someone introduced themselves to me with their business title. I sometimes ask "what do you do for a living?" as small talk, but that's solicited.

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dopidopHN2last Wednesday at 12:33 PM

Depends on where. In big city yes

abraxaslast Wednesday at 2:07 PM

Americans don't usually have friends. Just "contacts". Working age "parties" are often just cloaked networking events.

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