> They were owned and traded amongst people of the court, and delivered as gifts to fellow kings and queens. Court dwarfs were made to stand right next to the king or queen in a royal court during public appearances and ceremonies. Because they were so small, the king appeared much larger and visually enhanced his powerful position.
"Charcoal burning is still carried out commercially in parts of the world.[3] It is rare in Europe, but still practised in Romania,[4] Poland, the UK,[5] Slovenia,[6] and Switzerland.[7] Other places where it is still common are the tropical rain forests of South America[8] and Africa.[9]
Article seems to mention at least one relatively-current example in Russia, and I wouldn't be surprised if something of this nature wasn't still-common in other countries. I recall reading about people peddling books on the street in India to this day, but that might not fit the "traveling" part of the definition the article uses.
Maybe someone should add "software engineer" and "computer programmer" to the category, and cite the Nvidia CEO's recent remarks.
In college, I took some apptitude/interest tests to figure out what major I should switch to. At the end, I got a code to lookup in their index and it said "bookbinder". The description did indicate that this was an occupation with "limited outlook".
So I just flipped through the book until I found "industrial design" and went for that.
> They were owned and traded amongst people of the court, and delivered as gifts to fellow kings and queens. Court dwarfs were made to stand right next to the king or queen in a royal court during public appearances and ceremonies. Because they were so small, the king appeared much larger and visually enhanced his powerful position.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Court_dwarf