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Are dilettantes always a bad thing? (self.asklemmy)

submitted 11 months ago by cheese_greater to c/[email protected]

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I feel like this describes me a lot but I also feel like it gives me a broad and eclectic knowledgebase that my employment has nothing to do with and has no mutual relevance to

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[–] Zak 25 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Absolutely not.

Dilettante gets used as an insult when someone wants to discredit the position of another for having insufficient dedication, credentials, or experience. People who really know what they're talking about address positions directly rather than the person who holds them.

[–] cheese_greater 6 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

That always triggers me to like wanna annihilate them with my [f]actual bona fides like, hey what about

Aha. I would never bring up credentials cuz its just silly to be like "respect muh authoriteh"