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Every moron with a social networking account and a college degree markets themselves as a "social media expert" and I take anyone with that label about as serio

by pstack 15y ago

Every moron with a social networking account and a college degree markets themselves as a "social media expert" and I take anyone with that label about as seriously as I do anyone who calls themselves a "Tech Crunch journalist" (except, of course, at least Tech Crunch doesn't pretend to be journalism).

brudgers 15y ago
The classic summary [NSFW]: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKCdexz5RQ8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKCdexz5RQ8
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VladRussian 15y ago
you can throw in as well web2.0 expert from the recent past, security experts, cloud experts, Big Data experts ... ie. current buzzword wave riders
- Hawramani 15y ago
  One problem is the word 'expert'. When does one become an expert? I had a teacher who said you can't call yourself an economist if you don't have a PhD. PhD's may work for some fields, but not for programming, for example.
  - VladRussian 15y ago
    PhD. is from science realm. Programming isn't a science, it is a craft. Like in any craft, you have master craftsmen who is able to and have produced masterpieces and you have apprentices and journeymen. There is also CS which is a science, and PhD is completely applicable there. And as expected and normal in any other area, the PhD in the science - CS - isn't automatically means that the holder is a master craftsmen in a somewhat related craft - in this case programming. The same way like for example PhD in economy theories vs. financial manager/CFO or just general manager/CEO - science and theory vs. craft.
    - forensic 15y ago
      PhD is not from the science realm. The PhD was originally about theology, law and medicine. It was co-opted by scientists less than two centuries ago.
      - fhars 15y ago
        The PhD was usually for anything exept the higher faculties theology, medicine, and law, which had the Th.D., M.D. and LL.D. instead.
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salemh 15y ago
Its not a bubble, but being a hot word, and with our horrid economy, many random walks of life and unemployed folks have started 1-2 person "shops" of Social Media consulting. Kudos to them if they add some value, the vast majority trend similar in low performance (just personal experience, nothing more).
zbowling 15y ago
doesn't take a degree.

by pstack 15y ago

brudgers 15y ago

The classic summary [NSFW]: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKCdexz5RQ8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKCdexz5RQ8

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VladRussian 15y ago

you can throw in as well web2.0 expert from the recent past, security experts, cloud experts, Big Data experts ... ie. current buzzword wave riders

Hawramani 15y ago
One problem is the word 'expert'. When does one become an expert? I had a teacher who said you can't call yourself an economist if you don't have a PhD. PhD's may work for some fields, but not for programming, for example.
- VladRussian 15y ago
  PhD. is from science realm. Programming isn't a science, it is a craft. Like in any craft, you have master craftsmen who is able to and have produced masterpieces and you have apprentices and journeymen. There is also CS which is a science, and PhD is completely applicable there. And as expected and normal in any other area, the PhD in the science - CS - isn't automatically means that the holder is a master craftsmen in a somewhat related craft - in this case programming. The same way like for example PhD in economy theories vs. financial manager/CFO or just general manager/CEO - science and theory vs. craft.
  - forensic 15y ago
    PhD is not from the science realm. The PhD was originally about theology, law and medicine. It was co-opted by scientists less than two centuries ago.
    - fhars 15y ago
      The PhD was usually for anything exept the higher faculties theology, medicine, and law, which had the Th.D., M.D. and LL.D. instead.
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salemh 15y ago

Its not a bubble, but being a hot word, and with our horrid economy, many random walks of life and unemployed folks have started 1-2 person "shops" of Social Media consulting. Kudos to them if they add some value, the vast majority trend similar in low performance (just personal experience, nothing more).

zbowling 15y ago

doesn't take a degree.