Comments on: Experts

By: Jason Beaird

Jason Beaird — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 12:51:15 +0000

I know this is a little late since you’ve already written a new post, but I too know a handful of people who are REALLY good at what they do but don’t necessarily work their hardest, strive to increase their skills, or share what they know with others. Those are people I would call talented or gifted…but not experts. I knew a few people in college like that as well. They would party every night, never study, and skip or come late to class. Somehow though they’d ace every test and come up with great ideas on projects. …those are the people who fake blink elements using javascript :) j/k

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By: marko

marko — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 03:50:32 +0000

I think all the other answers given here are pretty subjective, and discount a good few people I’d put in the category.

Barney, I see your point. But, how would you call those people who meet criteria listed above? The Real Experts? Or the expert should be always described as “Expert in the field of [anything], plus a great person for any project or task”? There has to be a single word for Super Experts.

By: Tomislav

Tomislav — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 22:44:53 +0000

People who know people
:)

By: Bojan Janjanin

Bojan Janjanin — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 21:57:12 +0000

People who care.

By: tm

tm — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 19:56:57 +0000

people who know how to fake blink element using javascript :)

By: Barney

Barney — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 18:01:15 +0000

How about people who excel in their given field?

It helps to remember the obvious sometimes. I think all the other answers given here are pretty subjective, and discount a good few people I’d put in the category.

By: jase

jase — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 06:12:15 +0000

people who know where to look for answers.

By: Karmen

Karmen — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 05:30:28 +0000

- people who share their knowledge
- people who always repeat the same mistakes

By: marko

marko — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 04:00:24 +0000

@Jason: just use your Return key :)

By: Daniel

Daniel — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 22:29:01 +0000

people with more than common sense

By: che

che — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 21:50:00 +0000

people who will enlarge your logo if u ask for it

By: Mislav

Mislav — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 20:32:13 +0000

People who put “senior developer” on their business cards, go to meetings and never touch their text editor again.

(j/k)

By: Jason Beaird

Jason Beaird — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 20:28:05 +0000

Doh. WordPress ate my list markup.

By: Jason Beaird

Jason Beaird — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 20:26:44 +0000

people who have relevant experience
people who can communicate what they have learned
people who look past the most convenient answer
people who aren’t afraid of failure
people who don’t give up

“Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.”
— Thomas A. Edison