If you’re writing a story and you have a character
Explain the background of your characters through anecdotes, not direct Wikipedia-like explanations."
No real (or sane) person is going to say “I was in the military in the 1600s, and blah blah blah blah…”
But there will be some who will say “In the army they gave us nice caps, but I stopped wearing them for fear of going bald at a young age”.
With that you explain the background and also the character’s character.
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Show, don’t tell, innit
Clear-cut facts are dry as hell, too. No emotion, no worldbuilding. Saying “I went to the baseball game this afternoon” is not as engaging as “Scott’s kid hit his first home run today, you should have seen his dad cheer!”
I’m not saying this isn’t a good storytelling technique, but saying “I was <professional reference > in the <time >” is super common between people that getting to know each other.
What you purpose is good when two characters that already know each other are interacting and you want to do some exposure in a natural way.
