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What is your expertise?

RIOT

Practically Family
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Mine in particular would be Production, prepress type stuff with some advertising design and trafficking thrown in the mix. Then simmer to a boil.
 

Pilgrim

One Too Many
Messages
1,719
Location
Fort Collins, CO
Expert:

Audio production
Video production
Educating adults
Continuing Education administration
Radio broadcasting
Satellite teleconference production
Land-Grant University issues

Pretty decent:
Carpentry
Home electrical work
Auto diagnostics & mechanics (40 years' experience)
General home repairs
Computer use and maintenence
Washington State University history
Parenting (two great kids age 18 & 19, both in college and no problems)

Could use improvement:
Electric bass playing
Golf
Softball
Everything else in life!

My kids say that I have the biggest store of unrelated and random information in my head of anyone they've ever met.
 

Technonut

Practically Family
Messages
908
Location
West "By Gawd" Virginia
PC Hardware & Configuration
Antiques & Collectibles (Licensed Auctioneer ;) )

Not expert, but well rounded knowledge in:

Auto Engine Rebuilding (Performance V8s)
Lister Stationary Diesel Engines
Solar Power Generation
 

Rafter

Suspended
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436
Location
CT
I think expertise has a progression that starts with passion, then focus, onto experience, and then a calmnesss in the understanding of a given topic.
That passion, for me at least, is always the igniter of any expertise I carry today.

On the other hand, there are some people I've worked with over the years that became experts simply by doing what they were told. These people I believe started with focus and diligence, gained experience, then became experts.

Personality can be a part of expertise as well. Are you able to focus or are you always interested in the new way to do things? You may become proficient at something without focus, but you will unlikely ever be an expert.

Of course then there are people with scary brains that read four books and become experts!!
 

Nashoba

One Too Many
Messages
1,384
Location
Nasvhille, TN & Memphis, TN
I would have to say the one thing I am truly an expert on are Marine Corps Guidons and the Marine Corps' family support services.
Everything else I'm just varying degrees of good at :) but they include, cherokee / choctaw basketry, fiber arts, crafts, sewing, music, and theater.
 

MagistrateChris

One of the Regulars
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127
Location
Central Ohio
I'd say that I'm about as close an expert at criminal law as any other lawyer you might find, better than some, probably less knowledgable than others. Pretty good on the Army thing. Know a lot about firearms. And, I can turn out a good meal six out of seven nights. My degree in English Lit. means I can quote classic literature on occassion, which impresses people to no end.
 

JazzBaby

Practically Family
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Eire
History of Paris 1900 - 1930 (my specialist subject on Mastermind lol )

The music of George Gershwin

Modern & Postmodern literature

Sounds a bit like a list of University courses...lol
 

Harp

I'll Lock Up
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8,508
Location
Chicago, IL US
JazzBaby said:
History of Paris 1900 - 1930 (my specialist subject on Mastermind lol )

The music of George Gershwin

Modern & Postmodern literature

Sounds a bit like a list of University courses...lol


What's your major?
(It's been some time since I used that line) ;)
 

Zig2k143

Practically Family
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507
Location
Drums, Pa
JazzBaby said:
History of Paris 1900 - 1930 (my specialist subject on Mastermind lol )

The music of George Gershwin

Modern & Postmodern literature

Sounds a bit like a list of University courses...lol


MmMMm Gershwin and Literature
 

MrNewportCustom

Call Me a Cab
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2,265
Location
Outer Los Angeles
Tony in Tarzana said:
I can usually figure out anything mechanical fairly quickly, and I can learn most kinds of computer software if I'm given a chance to mess around with it.

The manual rarely makes much sense at first, but if I play with it a while and then go back to the manual, it becomes a lot easier to understand.


I'm the same way, Tony. I'm one of those guys who'll bring something home and commence to dismantle it. I usually get it back together. :D

I got a new digital camera on Memorial Day (my second - I bought my first one in '98) and I'm trying out everything. I try something, then look in the owner's manual to learn how to do it right. (As my father always said, "When all else fails, dig the instructions out of the trash.)

I've been exprimenting so much, in fact, that a few hours ago the Low Battery warning icon started indicating that I'll need new batteries . . . for the second time! lol

I'm no expert in anything, really, but I often have people asking me questions about; spelling, photography, auto mechanics, computers (I usually refer those questions to my brother) and, for some reason, the stock market - I've never studied it, but people ask anyway. :eek:


Lee
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I'm surprised at how many I can actually answer!
 

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