[Closed] What's your expertise

[b]Current[/b]

Special Educational Needs and Disability
Law - Interpretation, policy and practice
Commissioning & Procurement
Ofsted
Community & Voluntary Sector

[b]Previously[/b]

Lead Roofing
Slate Roofing
Tile Roofing

You get the idea...

[b]Interests[/b]

Photography
Adobe CC
Outdoorsy stuff

I've been masquerading as a policeman since I joined the forum 12 years ago, and nobody's rumbled me yet. So I guess I'm an expert at reading Wikipedia then winging it on the subject of the law

You're a Freeman on the Land aren't you? 😉

Primary - North wales and sheep

secondary - 80's hair Rock bands

edit @ perchy, i thought you called the Ape a fireman 😆

Used to be very good at 1990s European Public Procurement directives. Could quote articles and paragraphs all day long.

These days my expert, but useless, insights seem to be limited to Star Wars episode 4.

insights seem to be limited to Star Wars episode 4

A noble thing, surely?

Coke and hookers.

Curtains, blinds, soft furnishings.
My husband's eating habits.
A teeny bit of bird and wildlife knowledge.

Primary

Enterprise software architecture
Several specific software products
Physics (just)

Secondary

Science in general
Socratic reasoning
Bikes
Cars
Computers generally
Humanity
Grammar
Photography
Lots of general stuff

Additional

Dunno. Everything and nothing.

Socratic reasoning

Please don't tell me that's what you think you are doing on here? 😆

Additional skills

Making tongue in cheek comments

For the last few years I've been using a bot that extracts every third word from a thread and generates coherent sentences. Think there are a few bugs though 🙁

Oh, almost forgot:

Primary skill

Spending 85% of my time on the internet instead of working, then somehow

a) not getting caught
b) still getting my work done

So either I am much quicker than everyone else at working, or everyone else is also spending 85% of their time on the internet.

[b]Primary[/b]
Molecular Biology and Biochemistry
Plant Sciences
GM
Scientific funding and governance

[b]Secondary[/b]
DIY
Bike repair
Rabbit wrangling
Self-deception about biking and climbing abilities

[b]Tertiary[/b]
Outwardly appearing to give a shit about fractional differences in paint tones while decorating

thegreatape - Member 
Fair point grum, fair point

Welfare reform 2007 - present.

I'm single.

Nearly 2 full pages in and nobody knows anything about Mountain biking 😀

Molgrips - you forgot VW Passat diagnostics! We will certainly never forget.

😉

My job is kind of being a jack of all trades and master of none, but I suppose I have a pretty good knowledge of journalism, digital media & current mid-travel 29in MTB geometries.

Way OT but.....Any good Ravenscraig pics Ben? I used to work there.

No, sorry - took loads of pics of [url= http://catchingphotons.co.uk/blog/industrial/clydebridge-steelworks/ ]Clydebridge[/url] and [url= http://catchingphotons.co.uk/blog/industrial/active-steelworks/ ]Dalzell[/url] though...

Lovin' those pics Ben. 😀

Especially Hartwood Hospital which is quite near my place and I see it every night on the way home.

You're a Freeman on the Land aren't you?

😀

edit @ perchy, i thought you called the Ape a fireman

Steady on now

Yeah lovely pics Ben. That's great that they invited you back after an illicit visit. 😀

The older I get the less I know... Literally.

Building (general).
Concrete.
Groundwork.
Industrial sheds.
Construction plant.

No one tends to listen though.

Lager.

Most drink real beer.

The older I get the less I [s]know[/s] remember... Literally.

I think my only 'expertise', & It's not even that, is Her Majesty's Prison service. Which is very very sad.

How to make and lose small fortunes
How to make and lose friends
How to have and lose wives
How to have and lose parents
How to have and lose children
How to have and lose mountain bike skills
How to have and lose numerous other sport skills
How to have and lose life itself...

Primary:
Fried rice noodle (nothing you have eaten before)
Good sweet milk tea like in SE Asia (extremely difficult)

Secondary:
No bloody clue ...

Additional:
Survive in a land full of aliens ... or is that me. 😆
I can see them coming ...

@yunki has it

To be fair, we've known that for a while.

😀

My expertise as far as this forum goes is to be able to add nothing of any help, value or insight to anyone.

My "real world" expertise is to be able to work my nuts off at the expense of any (quality) time to myself. Which reminds me, must get off here as I've got stuff to do... 😕

Primary
Clinical Pharmacology, "the drugs don't work"
Mathematics and Physics, Sheldon is my middle name

Secondary
Bike, everything from tandems to time trial, even some MTB
Coaching, have the badges
Children - raised two who seem to have survived
Cancer - too much personal and professional experience

I stay out of politics and religion, more heat than light.

Renewable energy projects
Banking law

Bridleways within a 5 mile radius of Winchester.

Shag I've run out already. Can I really not do anything other than my job and d1cking about in trail shoes?

Fishing
Gardening
Gardens
Plants
Lawns
Weeds
Local authority waste management

Global asset management
Financial modelling

Obviously I don't limit myself to my strict areas of expertise ... 😉

^^^^^
aka money laundering for drug cartels and corrupt dictators

Primary

Nothing of any relavence.

Secondary

See primary

Small molecule chromatography.

Crap jokes

Primary:

Research and technonogy development,
Aerospace certification,
Structural engineering and design
Multi-disciplinary optimisation,
Additive manufacturing (3D printing)

Secondary:

Numerical modelling and simulation,
IT infrastructure, networks and laser comms,
Electromagnetic optimisation,
Material science/metallurgy.
Research funding

Tertiary:

Titanium fabrication,
Bike/car (basically anything mechanical) maintenance,
Higher education,
Family
Cumbria/Leeds and the SW
The aerospace industry in general.

The tertiary stuff is more immediately satisfying, but I do like my job too.

Exotic dancing

Footwear
Tailoring
Etiquette
Air travel
Beer
Binners

Primary
Procrastination

Secondary

..

I didn't think i have any expertise - that would indicate that I thought I was an expert at something, and I'm not.

I'm reasonably good at and reasonably knowledgeable about a fair amount of different stuff, but I'd never call myself an expert, because Sods Law says that the moment I did, someone would come along who knew more.

David Bowie 1970 to 1974
Mk1 Ford Escorts 1600cc crossflow circa '74
Brick and masonry work from the 70's to date
Castles in Scotland especially ruins
Pentax

[b]Primarily[/b], I'm pretty weak, I know a bit about customer service, clinical systems in Primary Care and, more recently, information government.

[b]Secondarily[/b], I've dabbled in a lot of bits and bobs so can speak with less authority about old F1, motocross, acting, boxing, and being athletically crap. I've done a bit of writing, had the odd picture published, failed to join the Royal Marines (twice) and done a parachute jump, so can sound knowledgable compared to someone who knows rock-all about them.

[b]Tertiarily[/b], I like to read a lot so can talk balls about loads of stuff.

Primary:
Pointing out that nothing has really changed in procycling to the blinkered sky fanbois... 😉
All things Cotic (hmm, I smell the hint of fanboi 😳 )

Secondary:
I actually [i]try[/i] to be helpful on things I have some direct experience of...

Err, that's about it...