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[โ€“] zout@fedia.io 37 points 2 months ago (3 children)

I'm in this picture, but I also learnt over the years that sometimes it doesn't take a lot of knowledge to be the company expert on a topic. It can easily boil down to having asked another company about some information, or having seen something before.

[โ€“] orhtej2@eviltoast.org 12 points 2 months ago (1 children)

And yet I doubt myself on knowing enough about things I do on a daily basis and have been doing professionally for years ๐Ÿคท

[โ€“] zout@fedia.io 6 points 2 months ago

As long as you acknowledge your doubt and recognize how good you're really doing your job, that should be a good thing. Just don't dwell on it.

[โ€“] passepartout@piefed.social 3 points 2 months ago

or joining the company under the premise to "self educate" on the topic, resulting in being the only person knowing anything about that topic.

[โ€“] WanderingThoughts@europe.pub 16 points 2 months ago

Worker: I don't know much anything about it.

Supervisor: We know some about it.

Department head: We've used it before.

Board member: People have been using this a lot.

CEO: We have expert for this with years of experience!

[โ€“] nexguy@lemmy.world 16 points 2 months ago

"So what do you think about these merger prospects Johnson?"

"Um, did you try turning it off and on again?"

[โ€“] Sprinks@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I get called on at work a lot for questions and training on our websites, but i honestly feel like the least knowledgable person in the entire company. It took a few years before it dawned on me that im not called on a lot because of the information i know, but rather for my ability to find the information i dont.

[โ€“] miked@piefed.social 2 points 2 months ago

Knowing who to ask has been one of my strengths. I don't know everything but I usually know someone in the company that knows more than me.

[โ€“] zaphod@sopuli.xyz 5 points 2 months ago

The reality is nobody knows shit about anything.

[โ€“] Enekk@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

What everyone is missing here is that it isn't just about knowing things, it is also about how you communicate those things and how you present yourself.

[โ€“] Rooster326@programming.dev 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

It's true. I've gone from telling people

Fuck if I know

To

I'll look into it and back to you (Even if I never get back to them most times...)

Has done wonders for my career

[โ€“] ceenote@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Well, fuckin shit, dude.

Am I an expert in ? No, but I've been Googling since before Google and can for sure get you some legit sounding answers pretty quickly.

[โ€“] 1984@lemmy.today 1 points 2 months ago

Seems about right.

[โ€“] miked@piefed.social 1 points 2 months ago

How have there not been more memes about this character?

[โ€“] dumbass@aussie.zone 1 points 2 months ago

Confidence is key, I know fuck all, but I'm confident as fuck about it.