When I read that line - "nearly two decades as a professional hoop-jumper" - I pictured in my head a guy in his early 40s. Professional means you get paid for y

When I read that line - "nearly two decades as a professional hoop-jumper" - I pictured in my head a guy in his early 40s. Professional means you get paid for your work. Hoop-jumper is a strange way to describe your education.