Timeline for Is "self-proclaimed" negative word?
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| Dec 5, 2017 at 6:11 | vote | accept | Mehraj Malik | ||
| Dec 4, 2017 at 19:39 | comment | added | Canadian Yankee | Speaking as an experienced hiring manager, if I saw "self-proclaimed Java expert" on someone's CV, I would literally laugh at it. And this is the bad kind of "laughing at." Do not use this phrase on your CV. | |
| Dec 4, 2017 at 16:07 | comment | added | Varun Nair | @choster I agree, but it depends on how you perceive that statement. 99% of the people will think he's bragging about something, or he's over confident, but the remaining 1% may think that's he's just proud of his expertise on the subject. Again, this is just my opinion, but I do agree to your comment. | |
| Dec 4, 2017 at 16:03 | comment | added | choster | Speaking only for myself, I would recommend against identifying oneself as a self-proclaimed expert except in a self-deprecating manner, or in very casual settings. In fact, calling oneself an expert of any kind strikes me as gauche, even if the expertise is demonstrable (as with guru, master, whiz, maven, etc.). I leave it to others to call me the expert in something; for myself, at best I'm a specialist professionally, or perhaps an old hand or a buff informally. | |
| Dec 4, 2017 at 10:18 | history | answered | Varun Nair | CC BY-SA 3.0 |