Unless the person you go to has just the right kind of ADHD. We can know a little about a lot of things. Sometimes that’s all you need! Sometimes the knowledge we have makes things worse.
If you ask me about rotating crops I’ll likely have a reasonable answer for you because I grew up in rural areas where a lot of folks grew their own food and I have kept up some small amount of those skills in my garden behind my house.
If you ask me for a database, I’ve got you. I’ll pull some off the shelf software and tailor it to your needs. Not my exact skill set but close enough that I’m plenty comfortable doing it.
Ask me how to set your broken arm, I will likely make it worse with my small amount of first aid knowledge. But I’ll give it the old college try if you’re insistent enough.
If you want to make a desk, I can help! It’ll be ugly but it’ll survive until the apocalypse because I’ve been doing small woodworking projects for years. That’s exactly what my music battle station is. Ugly and functional and I hope I never have to move because I don’t know how to take it apart.
Overall, I agree with you. There’s also some in every field that think because they know X thing that they can speak competently on Y topic. I’ve seen it a lot from doctors, less from farmers and programmers. Almost every carpenter I’ve known would just ask you to go away while holding a sinister looking tool.
Tbf, the average farmer is way smarter than the average software “engineer.”
It depends… Also a different skill set.
If I’m asking about proper crop rotation to keep a high nitrogen level in my soil… I’m absolutely going to a farmer.
If I need a database to store crop yields and sales… I’m absolutely going to a software engineer.
If I’m looking for how to reset my forearm after I broke it snow boarding… I’m absolutely going to a doctor.
If I’m looking for how to make a desk from reclaimed old natural wood… I’m absolutely going to a carpenter.
Everyone has skills, one profession is not smarter than another. Each profession is smart in what they are trained or experienced in.
Unless the person you go to has just the right kind of ADHD. We can know a little about a lot of things. Sometimes that’s all you need! Sometimes the knowledge we have makes things worse.
If you ask me about rotating crops I’ll likely have a reasonable answer for you because I grew up in rural areas where a lot of folks grew their own food and I have kept up some small amount of those skills in my garden behind my house.
If you ask me for a database, I’ve got you. I’ll pull some off the shelf software and tailor it to your needs. Not my exact skill set but close enough that I’m plenty comfortable doing it.
Ask me how to set your broken arm, I will likely make it worse with my small amount of first aid knowledge. But I’ll give it the old college try if you’re insistent enough.
If you want to make a desk, I can help! It’ll be ugly but it’ll survive until the apocalypse because I’ve been doing small woodworking projects for years. That’s exactly what my music battle station is. Ugly and functional and I hope I never have to move because I don’t know how to take it apart.
Overall, I agree with you. There’s also some in every field that think because they know X thing that they can speak competently on Y topic. I’ve seen it a lot from doctors, less from farmers and programmers. Almost every carpenter I’ve known would just ask you to go away while holding a sinister looking tool.