I'm UNDECIDED as to what to fill in as my experience on my profile here, so I thought I'd leave it up to you.
What do you think my level of experience is?
You won't offend me whatever you put, as long as it's not less then Guru
Seriously, put what you honestly think, I'd be interested to see the results.I actually don't have a clue either. I just put down Experienced because that is what I am. I'm not an expert, just an experienced user. (and because Saviour chose it )From my LIMITED assessment I'd certainly not say 'beginner'

So - hard to quantify right now, tho length of time familiar with puters and Windows etc could well classify as experienced at least.

I chose ''experienced'' for myself based on about 14 years of Windows and puters but certainly not expert or better, as still plenty of gaps in knowledge so - always learning!Personally, I put down "Expert" for myself... why? Well, see, its kind of hard for me to rate myself. Most of my knowledge best works for client driven environment (eg: helping users with domain connects, login errors, installing software, backing up, RECOVERING DATA, accessing email, updates, and those other things that a TECH student type person like me ends up doing being in such a small school)

I put down Expert for you as well.
I think that Experienced means you can navigate the Control Panel, and maybe a few other built in Windows utilities without a problem, Expert means you can manipulate them into doing things other than what most people see use for them as well as fix extended issues, and theorize about what may cause problems in software you dont even necessarily understand or know how to use (Eg: Take an error message, and determine what it means, and resolve the issue, or at the very least, know how to research the issue and come up with a solution). Guru, well, you know everything... I didn't put anything there, because simply I don't know what to put there.
I better leave it blank.
It may be more important for regulars here, what newcomers put in there. It may give you an idea how clear your advice should be.Quote from: Zylstra on September 02, 2008, 08:34:19 PM

Personally, I put down "Expert" for myself... why? Well, see, its kind of hard for me to rate myself. Most of my knowledge best works for client driven environment (eg: helping users with domain connects, login errors, installing software, backing up, recovering data, accessing email, updates, and those other things that a tech student type person like me ends up doing being in such a small school)

I put down Expert for you as well.
I think that Experienced means you can navigate the Control Panel, and maybe a few other built in Windows utilities without a problem, Expert means you can manipulate them into doing things other than what most people see use for them as well as fix extended issues, and theorize about what may cause problems in software you dont even necessarily understand or know how to use (Eg: Take an error message, and determine what it means, and resolve the issue, or at the very least, know how to research the issue and come up with a solution). Guru, well, you know everything...