Do you consider yourself to be an "expert"...

[asphaltgambler]

The 10,000 hour rule applies here.

[Rawknees'Turbo]

Originally Posted by KC911

...in anything... or mebbe everything ?

You are a biggly expert at post hoing and Fint is equally expert at forum mud wrestling - yuuuuggggeeely, in fact!!!

Many OT posters have biggly yuuuge skills at virtue and unvirtue signaling - definitely experts!

[pwd72s]

Nope..not an expert. Have learned a few things during my 76 trips around the sun, but I've also learned that the younger folks don't want to hear about it.

[billybek]

I am a bit of an expert...

[Alan A]

IMO an expert is someone that knows enough about a subject to give a lecture in it, but also knows when to shut up.

I know a lot of half-experts. I’d like to think I’m at 3/4, but I may be flattering myself...

[madcorgi]

I rely on charm more than expertise.

[jcommin]

Originally Posted by Jeff Higgins

I know enough to know what I don't know.

Well said. I know what I know and I know what I don't know.

[KFC911]

I don't know what I don't know

[flatbutt]

Buncha hosers...I'm an expert...and I have a piece of paper that says so!

[KFC911]

Originally Posted by flatbutt

Buncha hosers...I'm an expert...and I have a piece of paper that says so!

Charmin or Northern ?

[flatbutt]

Originally Posted by KC911

Charmin or Northern ?

[dad911]

Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

One of my wife's nephews youngest boy just turned 16 and the entire family is all trying to figure out what mechanic in town to take his car to so he can get the AC fixed. I was 37 before I ever owned a car with AC at all. And I quickly learned how to keep it running in peak condition.

He is at least buying the car with his own money with an loan from his great grandma. She said she did the loan to be sure that she would see him once per month.

Non of the members of that side of the family work on their own cars.

I don't think I had a car with AC until my mid to late 30s. As a teen I was happy to have a car that ran.

[Alan A]

It probably had wind down windows too.

Time has moved on. They all have A/C now. And fuel injection. And OBD.

[wdfifteen]

Originally Posted by David

As an engineer, I think you're considered an expert when you realize you could give or teach 9 out of 10 lectures or courses at conferences you attend.

Related - Based on that I was an expert for a short period of time. It was kind of cool to be the only guy.

[Crowbob]

I suddenly became an expert when I abruptly announced to my coworkers I would no longer answer any of their work-related questions.

True story.

[Por_sha911]

Expert? No but I did stay at a Holiday Inn recently.

On a more serious note, you don't have to be an "expert" to be able to say "I have more knowledge and/or experience than you"

[Bill Douglas]

I'm "quite good" at absolutely everything I do.

[Laneco]

Originally Posted by Alan A

IMO an expert is someone that knows enough about a subject to give a lecture in it, but also knows when to shut up....

Our thinking is aligned... I consider myself an expert at DOT/haz-mat matters. But I know when to shut up and I believe that I will be learning more about this subject every day of my career. The education never stops.

angela

[Zeke]

Originally Posted by pwd72s

Nope..not an expert. Have learned a few things during my 76 trips around the sun, but I've also learned that the younger folks don't want to hear about it.

Ain't that the truth. I'm trying to remember what I was like when I was that younger person. Seems to me I'm likely to quote something my grandfather or dad told me, so I must have been at least listening.

[ted]

I am out standing in my field.