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i am absolutely not qualified for my job whatsoever


Naraku4656

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2 minutes ago, scoobdog said:

You say this pretty much every time you start a new task.

this is different. i can't really explain how this is different but this was during an expectation setting meeting where they're looking for me to TEACH this thing. this wasn't explained during any meeting we've had.

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4 minutes ago, Naraku4656 said:

i was trying my best not to panic while i was talking to him and some of the other people on the team, but when i got in my car holy crap i fell apart.

Hopefully it will get better as time goes on.

Until then I look forward to the daily "Will Naraku be fired?" threads

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1 minute ago, scoobdog said:

And?  It's assumed you wouldn't know about anything proprietary before you actually started working.  Why is it difficult to learn this proprietary information and then teach it?

no, it was assumed going into the job that i did know it because i do. but not even close to well enough to teach it

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3 minutes ago, Naraku4656 said:

no, it was assumed going into the job that i did know it because i do. but not even close to well enough to teach it

And you can't learn enough to teach it?  I mean, they didn't hire you to teach like the second day of work - it's impossible if you don't know anything about the people you're teaching.

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1 minute ago, scoobdog said:

And you can't learn enough to teach it?  I mean, they didn't hire you to teach like the second day of work - it's impossible if you don't know anything about the people you're teaching.

these people have 25+ years of field experience but what they do is sort of different. i don't think my level of expertise is going to compare.

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3 minutes ago, scoobdog said:

And you think the employer somehow thinks you have 25 years of field experience?

obviously by looks you can tell i don't. i've mentored people who have no experience but not people who are already senior/lead levels. i don't think i can tell these people anything they don't already know

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12 minutes ago, Naraku4656 said:

obviously by looks you can tell i don't. i've mentored people who have no experience but not people who are already senior/lead levels. i don't think i can tell these people anything they don't already know

Then obviously they don't want you to teach people something that would be gleaned through experience.  That leaves technical updates to the source material, something you should be able to easily learn.  Right?

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6 minutes ago, scoobdog said:

Then obviously they don't want you to teach people something that would be gleaned through experience.  That leaves technical updates to the source material, something you should be able to easily learn.  Right?

not exactly. it's not something i have the ability to make an update to.

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This may or may not be a useful analogy, but being good at math got me into tutoring, and when I started I had lots of trouble explaining it and using a certain demeanor to do so. I can make people feel like I'm talking down to them cause I'm sarcastic. 

After a couple months questions people had became routine. In the beginning I flew through paper showing people how to do problems, and by the end I'd use maybe 2 sheets for 5 sessions.

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27 minutes ago, GreatBallsOfJizz said:

I actually enjoy high stress situations. They make me need to think quickly and make good decisions instantly. I find it fun.

Sure I like the adrenaline of a dinner rush at work, sustained busy-ness and weird shit going on to work through, but I can't imagine taking any of that shit home with me. It's like your brain is always at work!

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Teaching is a beast, but it's a good start that you're second guessing yourself.  It's better to be in the state of realizing you don't know everything, because that will make you more effective at teaching what you do know, and as you learn things you'll be more eager to share and teach those things too.

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