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

...in anything... or mebbe everything :D?

"X" the unknown quantity
"spert" a drip under pressure

"Expert"; an unknown drip under pressure.



I like to think I know a bit about my professional field, and a few things about some more obscure areas of ornithology.

I seem to have wrangled myself into becoming an "expert" in what is called remote handling. Basically handling and replacement of highly radioactive stuff that can't be done hands-on. I am currently reviewing a paper for a nuclear journal and travel all over the world supporting reviews for other facilities, etc.

Having said that, an "expert" to me doesn't mean someone who knows everything. The more I learn, the more I realize (and fully admit) that I don't know. That makes it easy to review other facilities and other systems. I don't go in with the attitude "I know everything and you need to listen to me". I go in with "I have a lot of hard-won experience and I am here to help you be successful in a way that suits your facility".

^^^ I've got a flux capacitor in my 81 DeLorean that needs replacing....;)

I am without doubt an expert sluggard.

I will quote the very learned and experienced Mike Baxter, “I’m very opinionated, but always right.”

Though I may be an expert, I do have something most millennials could use a good dose of . . . COMMON SENSE.

Me? Yes in certain areas like my new position with the local gov-mnt and a large part of my hobby restoration/ classics/ valuations. Are there people smarter and .more experienced? Of course. Mine is the cumulative of college, life's experiences, doing it day in and out.

I have worked in manufacturing for 47 years - I have worked in automotive for 39 of the 47 years. I'm amazed I am still valued. Not an expert because you never stop learning but I'm very good at what I do.

Expert: Someone from a distance, carrying a briefcase.

I would say I am an expert on photographic processors for developing film. Black & White, color negative or E6 color slide film. Not a big demand for that expertise in the world of digital in 2020. We were a certified "Q-Lab" and had a sign on the door to let clients know. I had to process a special filmstrip we had to buy from Kodak, and mail to them in a special envelope for them to read it to be sure our chemicals were in the perfect concentrations to produce repeatable results, and proper results. We were the only Q-lab in Oklahoma.

I truly have forgotten more about photography than most ever learn. It is the only profession I have had since I was a junior in high school.

My father claimed "An expert is someone who doesn't make the same mistake three times."

And I am more "knowitall" than expert

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.

I *usually* only make the mistake once, but it takes three times as long to fix, and the fix cost three times as much.

Some people call me Maurice...

Sometimes I think I'm an expert at screwing things up. Does that count?

That's interesting! Some people call me the space cowboy... some call me the gangsta of love..

I'll bet it's not the wife ;)

Been married for 25 years. That's a safe bet. :D