On Sat, Jul 21, 2018 at 05:46:25PM -0400, cyaiplexys wrote: > On 07/21/2018 11:42 AM, Richard Owlett wrote: > > When I'm "ignorant" and know it, I refer to myself as a "newbie". > > My first contact with Linux was when Squeeze was just introduced. > > I've been around computers for a while [remember 12AX7 based CPU's?]. As a > > BSEE student 50+ years ago I took an introductory programming course. > > Later I programmed in 8080 assembler - at the time we were moving to 8085. > > As a consumer I ended up in the M$ land. > > > > So, how would this group have me to refer to myself without claiming > > competency I just *DO NOT* have? > > Wizard. With that many years of experience in computers in general, I think > you earned at least that much. Actually, IMHO the answer should be "Whatever > the hell you want to call yourself." :) IOW, it's entirely up to you.
As long as it's me deciding, you can call yourself whatever you want to call yourself. Of course, "whatever you want to call yourself" is a little bit cumbersome really, so I don't think I'd even use that one... Personally I prefer a little subtlety, for example for myself it's "The Gobsmackingly Humble One", but so as to not over do it, I add a tagline like "So humble, the Dalai Llama rushes to attend his humility classes" (since a little self deprecation can go a long way).
