The best thing about being an authority figure is the amount of respect that you get. I think it would be electrifying to have people run to you each time that they have a question. Then, you can sit down wisely, ponder over their problems, and respond to them with the answer that they were looking for. Well, it may not be terribly easy to turn into an expert. It requires years of study, and years of experience. Six months working in a football team will not make you the sports messiah.
Too many of us are too scattered to become experts at a particular topic. We largely prefer to be jacks of all trades and masters of none. Not that it is a problem to try to be acquainted with only the basics of most subjects. However, the effect of this is that we somehow don't succeed in turning into an expert. We can repair a fuse, fill out forms, and help out others who are looking for some advice. However, few of us non-experts can reach beyond and come by a level of expertise that the common folk lack.
Even experts are unable to talk intelligently about every subject in the world. A professor of History, for example, may be a walking encyclopedia when talking about historical things. He may also have a fairly good knowledge of the art of the period. However, to expect him to also be a connoisseur of modern art is expecting a little too much.
Similarly, it is unfair to expect a mortgage consultant to be exceptionally well-versed in the fluctuations taking place in the share markets. He may have a lot of information about of the current market situation. However, it is not necessary that he has to be well-versed in the various process of the markets.
And what about psychics? A lot of people claim to have psychic abilities. Yet, only a few of them have actually taught themselves the art of giving great psychic readings. So anyone who wants a fantastic reading goes to those experts only.
I would love to be an expert in Java or C++ or some other programming language. However, that would involve a great deal of effort -- effort that I am not ready to put in at this point of time. So if I have a problem (and this is not just limited to programming languages), the simplest thing to do is to run to an expert and get him/her to help me solve it. There really is no point in hassling myself by looking far and wide for answers when there are experts that are ready to help out.
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