Research on professions and semi-professions is often insular, in the sense that only one profession is focused in a given project. The data collection procedure at the Centre of Studies of Professions at Oslo University College is in this respect unusual, as data are collected from students in about 20 programs and at four stages: at an early and a late stage of the program, soon after entering the profession, and some years later. The contribution will present data form three kinds of programs: teacher education, pre-school teacher education, and nursing, limited to data collected 1) late in the program, and 2) early in the career. In the paper, we will analyze data on how well qualified graduates from these programs see themselves, for various aspects of professional work. The discussion of the results will tentatively be related to an understanding of professional learning as affected by who learns (people) in what kind of training (programs) for which kind of work (professions) within various local contexts (places).