[Closed] are you an actual expert at anything?

Kind of. But diverse though STW is, there hasnt been a chance to prove it here yet 😉

yup.

The only thing I would say I am truly accomplished at, enough that I train and teach others to do, is motocross. Not exactly much to be particularly proud of I know but I've done it since I was 4 years old, won some championships and now occasionally run riding schools for kids.

Other than that, not a lot.

(Does having a masters in Philosophy count for anything? Never did a thing with it)

Aye 🙂

A couple of things.

Life

Flexible gas and electricity purchasing does that count ?

'kind of' and 'yup' dont mean anything without first explaining what you're an expert in/at 😆

there's a lot of people who, on specific subjects are hugely knowledgeable. granted that could be the wonders of google, but i'm confident there's some experts on here.

There will always be someone with more knowledge than you.

I'm an expert on things when compared to my colleagues, and that's why we have different jobs. I'm not an expert when compared to someone who's been doing it far longer with more technical demands.

Well my job title is Subject Matter Expert so I guess I must be!

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But like xiphon says I'm just an "expert" compared to the people around me. There is always someone who knows more.

Recognising this and learning from those is the path to true knowledge!

I'm an expert at creating sawdust.

And I used to train fellow students to blow smoke rings.

Funnily enough, being STW: computers n that (particularly software engineering and embedded systems).

[i]'kind of' and 'yup' dont mean anything without first explaining what you're an expert in/at [/i]

Just answering the question. 'are you an actual expert at anything?'

No, although I have given expert witness evidence in a tribunal.

Spent 5 years teaching motorcycling then 4 years writing traffic regulation orders. Not sure I'm an expert in either field but I'm accomplished and competent to those outside those fields.

I have no qualifications whatsoever in bike repair or manufacturing or anything like that - I do have a degree in Physics and Astronomy.

Really should do Cytech or something, but can't be bothered...

Definition of an expert

Ex = a has been
Spurt = a drip under pressure

I used to be an expert on hay meadows. Not anymore though.

Being a Dad.
Not got any trophies for it yet tho'.

Although the love of my children counts in my eyes.

I used to be an expert on hay meadows. Not anymore though.

You were outstanding in your field?

near top of the range bullshittery
outclassed by some on here, but still pretty good

I can colour things in, and I hardly ever go over the lines. Well... I say hardly. Not that often.

I do still quite often leave the lids of my felt tips though 😥

Expert in work/chore avoidance strategies, entirely self-taught

what are you an expert in?

in my own tiny mind, I am an expert in most things......

I am a genuine expert at UK bank clearing processes- which obviously gets me all the girls.

Also was a time when I could say the same about tuning some Suzuki motorbikes, but not so much any more, very out of practice.

And procrastinating.

Nothin.
I sometimes think about this when watching programmes like Mastermind - I dabble in many things, but am an expert in nothing. Not even my job. Quite depressing really 🙁

I'm qualified in financial advice, bleh de bleh de bleh, got FPCs the whole bit. Hate the industry though, loads of changes in the last 2 years, regulation is a nightmare after the credit crunch and set to get a load worse.

I strive for mediocrity in everything I do!

Yep, formal industry qualifications and everything. Very high up in my game as well, 20 odd years experience in the field.

Of course, it means cock all on here because thirty other people have opinions on the matter so the *actual* expertise gets lost in the chaff.

Enterprise Java software development, and possibly Physics depending on your definition of expert.

And probably bikes, to be fair, compared to most.

Nothing, quite honestly. Everyone knows more than me in everything it seems.

Paint 🙁

5 years working as a chemist for a paint company.

The only proper qualification I have for this other than a chemistry degree is NACE CIP level 1 (National Association of Corrosion Engineers Coatings inspector program) - go me, I can look at paint and tell you it is good/bad.

Microsoft SQL Server Data Warehousing (but i'm a generalist within the field where as others are the true experts at moving data or displaying data etc)

Yes a number of things but in particular consumer insight.

Procasturbation

Undergraduate & post-graduate degrees in Archaeology.

Trained nurse - though not working as such.

Expert in buying 2nd hand Bontrager stuff.

Not sure what I want to be when I grow up, mind.

I'm bloody good at Pop Master and Scrabble.

I'm very competent at what i do, but no expert.
There was a point when i could have become an expert on measuring canopy gaps using LIDAR images but it was so unbelievably boring I sacked it off and left academic research

Yep call me for expert advice about how to really mess up your life. Seriously, i could charge

Enterprise Java software development,

I'm so sorry. I didn't know. My condolences.

Yes. I even write books and articles in my field. But in complete accord with Samuri's words:

Of course, it means cock all on here because thirty other people have opinions on the matter so the *actual* expertise gets lost in the chaff.

I see little point in bringing it up. It would be a shame to let fact get in the way of certain types of STW discussions.

Reality isn't nearly as entertaining.

i wouldn't say I'm an expert at anything... i'm good at things and have a passion for certain subjects but definitely not an expert 🙂

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Of course, it means cock all on here because thirty other people have opinions on the matter so the *actual* expertise gets lost in the chaff.

exactly what was going through my mind when i started the thread! you could be a world renowned expert in something and you'd still get the STW armchair experts telling you you're wrong based on their own limited experience.

there's a chocolate expert on here isn't there?

I have no qualifications whatsoever in bike repair or manufacturing or anything like that - I do have a degree in Physics and Astronomy.

Really should do Cytech or something, but can't be bothered...

What are the odds! I was in bencooper's Physics and Astronomy class. I've forgotten just about all of the technical stuff though.

Nowadays I'm now more expert in frontier oil exploration.

In everything else I am a hamfisted amateur.

Same here - little use on here unless someone wants to get their bike somewhere REALLY inaccessible.........

Nowadays I'm now more expert in frontier oil exploration.

Did they make a movie about you called, 'There Will be Blood'?

Nowadays I'm now more expert in frontier oil exploration.

Did they make a movie about you called, 'There Will be Blood'?

Or a session on John Peels show?

I'm an expert at fitting tyres as all my mates come to me for theirs. and I'm an expert at dogs as I've had 3 of them.

[i]and I'm an expert at dogs as I've had 3 of them. [/i]

Friend of mine has had 3 wives, doesn't make him an expert. Well not in keeping wives anyway.

Did they make a movie about you called, 'There Will be Blood'?

Now,if they had called it - "There Will be Boredom"........

Friend of mine has had 3 wives, doesn't make him an expert.

Makes him an absolute amateur surely?

Used to be a motoring journo and now got a masters and a lot of experience in PR and marketing but not sure that makes me an expert.

However I am an expert in the ability to make a decent cuppa and spend lots of money on thing I don't need.

Other than that I'm pretty much a rank amateur at most things.

yep i have driven illegally all my life, that makes me an expert in motoring and subterfuge 😉

I'm an expert on the truth.Know your enemy,see?

Well, typical to STW I work in IT. Although I have no formal qualifications my field is very niche - sales of used HP Unix Hardware.
I would say I am expert in my field (13 years experience and counting)and luckily I have a good set of customers who agree.
FWIW I don't drive an Audi or have an Orange 5 (I do have a Heckler though - the US version of a 5? Well they are both single pivot!)

Not got qualifications in it (sales manager for an online marketing company), but am viewed as enough of an industry expert to have been booked for my third keynote speaker engagement this year to headline an event all about sales and marketing techniques, approaches etc for the leisure/hotel/hospitality sector. Guess that qualifies me 🙂

Know a bit about a few things, but learning new stuff everyday.

Procrastination.
I'll tell you all about it sometime, maybe next week.

Actually I invented the Procrastinatron.
A robot designed to put off doing things until later.
Problem is, it was just too perfect and actually does bugger all.

Expert in looking a helluva lot busier than I am. No qualifications just vast amounts of experience.

Training in Engineering Management at the minute ironically.

I'm ranked in legal 500 and chambers in my practice area so I reckon I must be getting there.

I am an expert on faecal matters

Physics and Astronomy degree

Physics and Astrophysics here. Long time ago now, so certainly no expert.

Day job is mediocracy in MS SCCM, though hopefully I manage to bluff enough some people who know nothing on the subject might even believe I'm an expert

I am an expert on faecal matters

would you consider bovine faecal matters your specialism?

Expert Picture Framer and,coincidentally, an expert at getting others to do said picture framing whilst I stand around and sponge compliments.

I used to be an expert on hay meadows. Not anymore though.

You were outstanding in your field?

Nah, he's an ex tractor fan.

What are the odds! I was in bencooper's Physics and Astronomy class. I've forgotten just about all of the technical stuff though.

Weird, I've never met anyone else who did the course - though someone who taught us as a postdoc lives just around the corner from us. I still get cold sweats thinking of Archie Roy's spherical geometry lectures...

Expert in soft furnishings, mainly curtains and Roman blinds, or 'window dressings' as we call it in the industry.

However in the male based world of slightly overweight, 40 something, IT working, mtbers it counts for very little 🙁

Oooh and eating chocolate.

Member of a few UK and international expert advisory groups ... which I guess means that those folks who work in my field think I'm an expert.

Sometimes consider contributing to the occasional relevant thread on here ... But hey, as has been said why let a bit of knowledge get in the way of STW opinion 🙂

"However in the male based world of slightly overweight, 40 something, IT working, mtbers it counts for very little" - Hoi, I don't work in IT!

Weapons and tactics 8)

I am an specialist in sewage treatment, people come to me as an expert, although personally I don't think I am as I am learning more all the time.

I'm in the top three in the world, in a esoteric aspect of an esoteric science.

Weird, I've never met anyone else who did the course - though someone who taught us as a postdoc lives just around the corner from us. I still get cold sweats thinking of Archie Roy's spherical geometry lectures...

Small world, eh? I think there were only about 8 or 9 of us in 3rd and 4th year? I don't know how many are still 'astronomers' - Steve Owens might be the only one.

Even if the subject matter was dreary, at least Archie was entertaining to watch.

- Matthew

Am supposed to know something about designing and then developing software/systems for processing data and controlling stuff. Especially space systems.

The thing is, the more you know the more you know you don't know. "Expertise" is understanding the limits of one's knowledge!

There's probably only a couple of dozen people in the world who could do my job. Not sure if that makes me a specialist or an expert. But people do come to me, so maybe I have them fooled.

Sadly, it's no use in STW debates which is why I spend so little time on here. That, and I'm really rather busy. I'm only here because Citrix is taking a lifetime to boot up.

As said above, by no means an expert but I "seem" to be compared to people around me. It's quite frightening really that my advice is sort out and large business decisions are made based on my "advice".

In reality I haven't a clue.

I'm pretty handy with mechanical things and tools, so tinkering with bikes I find reasonably easy. Still, by no means an expert.

Used to be a bit of a boff in the exciting world of compliance with FSA complaint procedures in relation to insurance.

Am now a wiper of other peoples' bottoms and try to be nice to people with dementia.
Much more interesting.

BLIMEY what alot of trumpet blowing.

Any humble folk at all on here?
Definatley populated by 40+ IT middle management with inadequacy complexes.

Well except Ben cooper of course!
😉

BLIMEY what alot of trumpet blowing.

Sectors and specialist skills are transient, I ran a business as a top 5 player globally, that specialist business sector no longer exists