I get both PoVs. For some, it's just a clock in clock out type thing they do just to survive and maybe pay for their other passions. For others, they spent a majority of their lives training, learning, licensing, and practicing a skillset to perform their work. It's fairly often a large part of one's identity and it's not a negative thing. Though it may be a negative thing to assume someone is only their job.

But I can hardly blame someone for seeing themselves first as a scientist, artist, lawyer, or whatever.