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View Poll Results: Would you consider yourself an expert in your chosen field? | |||
Yes. I have my field of expertise totally locked down. Come at me. | 27 | 19.85% | |
Yes. But I have a lot of room to grow. | 81 | 59.56% | |
No. But I am learning and getting there. | 19 | 13.97% | |
No. And honestely I don't know how I still have my job. | 3 | 2.21% | |
I am not in the line of work I would like to be in but that will change in the future. | 4 | 2.94% | |
I am not in the line of work I would like to be in and probably never will be. | 2 | 1.47% | |
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01-22-2013, 04:50 AM | |
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Would you consider yourself an expert in your chosen field?
I know the question is a bit open ended.
Been reading and watching a number of things about people working on their craft or becoming experts in their chosen jobs and it is always interesting to me. Saw a few documentaries with a few guys...one is a famous fashion photographer for the NY Times and the other owns one of the world's most highly regarded sushi restaurants (it only has 10 seats). It was eye opening how both of these guys made their work their lives...there wasn't room for anyone else. They are at the top of their game professionally and still are never content rest or even admit success. In the first example so much that they wondered if he ever had a romantic relationship in his life. These are extreme cases but do you constantly work and strive to improve your abilities or what you bring to the table in your line of work? Would you call yourself an expert? Or do you get to that point where you reached a level of happiness where work maintains the life you want to live away from it. Currently contemplating my own work life balance and I always find the varied perspectives of CP'ers compelling. Last edited by |Zach|; 01-22-2013 at 05:04 AM.. |
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01-22-2013, 02:57 PM | #46 |
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01-22-2013, 02:58 PM | #47 |
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01-22-2013, 03:50 PM | #48 | |
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01-22-2013, 05:55 PM | #49 |
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Operated CNC machines for 15 years. That industry has evolved a lot over the years. They basically want engineers running machines. I'm done with it.
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01-22-2013, 06:08 PM | #50 |
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I've been in my field for 37 years....I mentor all my Team members and am asked to speak at Industry Group Meetings and National Conventions. But the one thing I am sure of with all my experience, I still have a long ways to go.
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01-22-2013, 06:48 PM | #52 |
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I have been in my business for ten years+ . I pretty much know nearly everything there is to know about my part of the field. I do accept there are still some things out there I could learn, but I have a wealth of knowledge.
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01-22-2013, 07:30 PM | #55 |
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I'm very good at what I do and have a different approach than most in my field. My issue is that Being great today doesn't mean you're good tomorrow, because things change so fast. Too many things in my field for someone to know everything.
Hell, today my new guys were showing me something I didn't know how to do. I think any time you get significant experience in a field, it's not so much that you know which button to push every time, but have the know-how and the can-do that you know what you want to do and you can figure out a way to do it to get the desired outcome. That's the difference between someone who is good and someone who is experienced and good. I'm a life-long learner. |
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01-22-2013, 07:43 PM | #56 |
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Honestly I don't think about it. I live by an old rule. If you have to tell someone you're smart then you're not.
So as a parallel if you have to tell someone you're an expert then you're not. Just do your shit, if you're good people will listen to you or ask your advice. That's your answer to if you're an expert.
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01-22-2013, 08:21 PM | #57 |
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I'm an expert at the things that I'm really good at, and I'm not an expert at the things that I don't know very well. My field has a lot of different facets.
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01-22-2013, 08:22 PM | #58 |
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I think "expert" is determined by your value to others not based on a self assessment. How often do people come to you for assistance? How often do they return for more advice later? If you're the local, regional, or national go-to guy for a particular subject matter, trade, or craft, you're an expert.
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01-22-2013, 08:30 PM | #59 |
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I'm an office manager and I would consider myself pretty damn good at what I do (especially) compared to the others at my work, but I know there are thousands of people in the rest of the world that would just annihilate me at my job. I'm the best where it counts though lol
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