# What are you an expert in? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 9, 2019, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-an-expert-in/838391 "2019-08-09T03:35:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![CelticKnot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/celticknot/32/3392_2.png) [@CelticKnot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CelticKnot)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2019, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-an-expert-in/838391/1 "2019-08-09T03:35:03Z")
So, school starts soon, and educators are talking about what they will do this year to get kids interested in school. Our district is going with Deep Learning; today was the first time I heard about this iteration of the newest thing in education. What got my attention was the idea of students being the classroom expert on something. I thought about what I would be expert in (that no one else in the room would know). I figured probably Saipan and the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas Islands. What would you be the expert on? What do you know about that few people you regularly associate with would know? ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2019, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-an-expert-in/838391/2 "2019-08-09T04:01:11Z")
I’m a expert closet cleaner. Beware if you invite me to clean your closets I will be throwing crap away. I’m brutal. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2019, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-an-expert-in/838391/3 "2019-08-09T05:18:35Z")
At the ad agency where I work, I’m considered a SME (subject matter expert) on the health insurance industry. Few people I know socially would know this. ---
**Author:** ![mistymage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mistymage/32/459_2.png) [@mistymage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mistymage)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2019, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-an-expert-in/838391/4 "2019-08-09T06:14:38Z")
Procrastinating. I’m good at a lot of things but the above I am an expert at doing. Otherwise wild mushrooms (not near an expert but at least I know where to ask.) ---
**Author:** ![Personal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Personal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Personal)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2019, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-an-expert-in/838391/5 "2019-08-09T06:16:26Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > I’m a expert closet cleaner. Beware if you invite me to clean your closets I will be throwing crap away. I’m brutal. Please come over. I’ll put on a kettle and make some cookies. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2019, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-an-expert-in/838391/6 "2019-08-09T07:07:16Z")
According to Vail, skiing. ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2019, 9:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-an-expert-in/838391/7 "2019-08-09T09:28:15Z")
I’m a Grandmaster at chess problem solving - and was in the team that won a World Team Championship. Although I live in the UK, I won the Tasmanian Open chess championship one year. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2019, 9:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-an-expert-in/838391/8 "2019-08-09T09:33:26Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > I’m a expert closet cleaner. Beware if you invite me to clean your closets I will be throwing crap away. I’m brutal. Maybe we should introduce you to Broomstick 🙂 I’ve been doing some serious closet cleaning for my mother, as she slowly allows it. There is something extremely wrong in going into a pantry that’s perfectly serviceable (not overfilled or anything) and finding pots that have been in your mother’s house longer than you’ve been out of it. Aside from the stuff I officially get paid to do, I’m apparently an expert listener and make-people-feel-better-er. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2019, 9:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-an-expert-in/838391/9 "2019-08-09T09:46:19Z")
My knowledge about things is a mile wide and puddle deep. mmm ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2019, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-an-expert-in/838391/10 "2019-08-09T12:31:35Z")
Social Security disability law. Not much else. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2019, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-an-expert-in/838391/11 "2019-08-09T12:47:49Z")
Typography, especially “optical” kerning. Art, specifically the type of art I do. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2019, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-an-expert-in/838391/12 "2019-08-09T13:54:57Z")
Aside from critters, the history of exploration, especially the Americas. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2019, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-an-expert-in/838391/13 "2019-08-09T14:48:01Z")
I was pretty well versed in the construction game, although nowadays I’d be out of date on codes and methods. I could also teach a novice how to make a dovetail joint. ---
**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2019, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-an-expert-in/838391/14 "2019-08-09T14:57:37Z")
My resume says I’m an expert at Microsoft Active Directory and various related subjects. In reality I’m an expert at Google. ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2019, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-an-expert-in/838391/15 "2019-08-09T15:14:43Z")
Expectations for my current job is to know the assembly process of virtually every system on 737 program. I don’t actually know everything, I just know where to find the information. This also includes knowing about all the support organizations and getting them out when shop needs support. I took this job looking for something easy to do for a few years before I retire. I have never been busier in the almost 40 years at Boeing. ---
**Author:** ![RaftPeople](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6f9a4e/32.png) [@RaftPeople](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RaftPeople)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2019, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-an-expert-in/838391/16 "2019-08-09T16:44:21Z")
> [@CelticKnot](#): > > So, school starts soon, and educators are talking about what they will do this year to get kids interested in school. > Our district is going with Deep Learning; What grade is this for? That can be a pretty abstract and technical topic. ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2019, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-an-expert-in/838391/17 "2019-08-09T16:44:57Z")
I am the best flounder fisherman on the entire Gulf coast. Come over for a beer - I’ll tell you some stories. You bring the beer. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2019, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-an-expert-in/838391/18 "2019-08-09T16:56:33Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > My knowledge about things is a mile wide and puddle deep. A friend of mine from grad school said that one of the things he loved most about librarianship is that it rewards you for knowing a little bit about a lot of things. I don’t consider myself an expert on anything really, but I know more than most people do about MS Excel, _Remington Steele_, changing the alternator on 1978 Toyota Corollas, and Windows 3.1. ---
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2019, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-an-expert-in/838391/19 "2019-08-09T17:30:03Z")
I am an expert on math. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2019, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-an-expert-in/838391/20 "2019-08-09T18:16:40Z")
I’m pretty damn good at bread baking. Breads of all sorts, not just plain, white loaves. Of all sorts of baking, bread is my favorite and I’m glad I get a chance to do so much of it at work. I’m also pretty good at crochet work, both yarn and thread work. I’ve done christening outfits, gloves, tablecloths, bedspreads, and ordinary afghans. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-an-expert-in/838391.md?page=2)