What is your area of expertise?

[PhineasJWhoopee]

What subject matter do you know most about? Would you consider yourself an expert?

 

[Mike Gayner]

The physical act of love.

edit: inb4 "with sheep"

 

[IcePickFreak]

Momma always said I'd be good at something, who'd of thought it would be killing zombies.

 

[deadlyapp]

I'd call myself very well versed with many many topics, but probably not an expert in anything yet.

 

[Mike Gayner]

I'd call myself very well versed with many many topics, but probably not an expert in anything yet.

Same

Then again I don't think any 25 year olds can call themselves an expert in anything, except the very rare outliers.

 

[lxskllr]

The term expert gets thrown around too much. I consider an expert someone who's in the top few percent in their particular discipline. That being the case, I'm an expert in nothing.

 

[TraumaRN]

Same

Then again I don't think any 25 year olds can call themselves an expert in anything, except the very rare outliers.

I wouldn't call myself an expert but there are a couple things at 25 that I wouldn't be surprised if other people called me in expert in.

Specifically trauma nursing, and placing intravenous access/drawing blood/anything phlebotomy wise. I'm that person that other nurses come to whenever they can't draw blood from you and generally I'll get you on the first attempt.

That being said I'm still learning a few tricks of the trauma nursing trade, however I know a lot more then at least 98% of my nursing co-workers at my job when it comes to adult trauma nursing.

 

[GoSharks]

On this board, rock climbing.

I also know/knew a bunch about angiogenesis, FWIW.

Then again I don't think any 25 year olds can call themselves an expert in anything, except the very rare outliers.

Any PhD candidate would be an expert in their specific field.

 

[TallBill]

Nothing.

 

[Mike Gayner]

Any PhD candidate would be an expert in their specific field.

Wut? In no way is a PhD candidate considered an expert by default. Even a PhD graduate wouldn't necessarily be considered an expert, but a student? No.

 

[zerocool84]

Nothing.

This

Which is why I'm going to go back to school AGAIN and try something else out.

 

[blamb425]

Procrastination.

 

[brainhulk]

surfing the web while @ work

 

[Sea Moose]

Hvac.

 

[sandorski]

sig

 

[deadlyapp]

surfing the web while @ work

i think all of us are experts at that

 

[Taejin]

The physical act of love.

edit: inb4 "with sheep"

you mean with yourself. you'd have a minor in sheep though, cows too~

 

[crashtestdummy]

Wut? In no way is a PhD candidate considered an expert by default. Even a PhD graduate wouldn't necessarily be considered an expert, but a student? No.

In order to get a PhD, you have to take a field and expand some small part of it to discover something new. That means that for some very narrow focus, you have become the world's expert.

Another way to look at it:

http://matt.might.net/articles/phd-school-in-pictures/

 

[roguerower]

Only 23, don't consider myself an expert in anything, although I am knowledgeable in a bunch of different fields.

That's primarily what my job is though. As a general construction field engineer (just a title, not a P.E.) I'm supposed to be a jack of all trades, master of none. Know enough so that when I'm out in the field I can spot a big mistake or deviation from the plans in a second, but for something more intense (electrical) I have to go back to the plans/specs for a consult.

 

[Cogman]

C++ but not other languages.

 

[Sho'Nuff]

Patent law, specifically patent prosecution, due diligence, and client counseling. I also know a fair amount about licensing IP.

 

[Sho'Nuff]

On this board, rock climbing.
Any PhD candidate would be an expert in their specific field.

Your statement is logical, but it is too general to reflect reality. I know a lot of folks with PhD's. Some are smart. Some are dumber than a box of rocks. Thus, saying that "any" PhD candidate (or even "any" PhD) is an exeprt in their field is accurate.

 

[highland145]

While in college, I had a 4.0 in bars,beer and girls.

A 2.3 in C.E. Who knew there weren't employment opportunities in BB&G?

 

[Meghan54]

Was quite good at dropping in arterial lines into quite difficult spots.... drawing blood from anywhere/anytime was cake.

 

[highland145]

Was quite good at dropping in arterial lines into quite difficult spots.... drawing blood from anywhere/anytime was cake.

Dated a girl that worked at the V.A. Watched her draw a tube from a vein(not visible) in a guys finger. How she felt it with gloves on is beyond me.