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Professionalism
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TALK
I want to use this note to talk about what makes an expert and what makes an "expert".
- imposter syndrome
- effectiveness vs productivity
- traits valued by employers/clients
- being a "salesman" of your abilities
- how to appear effective
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Being a Salesman of Your Ability
To "sell" something in the sales sense is to make it more appealing without changing it. A cynic might call this lying. A more fair take is that people generally present their ability as less than it is.
I suspect that the most knowledgeable and technically effective practitioners of any field are not known to be such.
To be a salesman of some ability is a deviation from specialization in that ability. Every bit of individual-ability#Capacity for Familiarity devoted to salesmanship is a bit less to the skill itself.
[!example] Mike Holt has a better grasp on code than most, but there are likely hundreds better than him specifically in that aspect.
It is his salesmanship, his visible confidence in his ability, that makes up the difference.
Optics, or Playing the Game
Example: Notetaking
note-taking always look more valuable than they would otherwise.