On what subject(s) are you an authority?

First off, a disclaimer of sorts. I will be the first to admit that I’m no expert, on anything, and will likely never claim to be an expert or an authority on a subject. Everything I write here is anecdotal based on experiences and observations, or interpretations of information I find online. So, if you’ve been following me on my little writing journey and thought “hey, this guy is kind of smart” then I would be flattered to know that (but I’m not doing this to prove anything of the sort) and if that thought led to an assumption of my being an authority on a subject, then hopefully this disclaimer clears that up.

As far as answering the prompt, well, I’d like to start with the fact that, in my mind, to be “an authority on a subject” requires you to be acknowledged by others as such. For that to happen, you have to prove yourself or be “elected” to such a position (and technically, those two things are not mutually exclusive, you could prove yourself for the purposes of being elected in a position of authority.)

Now, I’ve been in situations at work where I was put into positions to act as a singular point of control for maintaining access levels in a system for a department, and as part of that I had to be educated on the subject. At some point, over time, they started calling me their “guru” for it but I never claimed that for myself. (Truth be told, it was only because I was very cautious and knew how to properly search for answers on my own instead of asking someone else.)

Anyways, that’s where I stand on this prompt. I’m just a guy on the Internet writing stuff.