Never has Socrates’ expression, “I know only that I know nothing,” made more sense.

One of the most interesting and simultaneously most challenging conclusions I have come to is that I have made the choice to become an expert in nothing. And is there anything to be done about that? No.

Looking at my past, I spent 8 years of my life (3 in High School + Masters) trying to become an Electrical Engineer. And even during those 8 years I was not doing electronics. I was doing many other things. Things that were more important to me.

And since I left the university, after 8 years dedicated to electronics, I have the strange feeling that I’ve distanced myself from all that, that I don’t know anything anymore, and that what I do today helps me grow from a personal and professional point of view. More than I would have if I had continued with electronics.

I have no idea what I’m doing.

Being an expert in nothing is very difficult and stressful. More than what I thought.

There are many tasks and functions to do and many times I never know how to do it. Also, many people count on me because I feel that sometimes they look at me thinking that I am supposed to know everything. I’m supposed to be the expert in nothing and at the same time know everything. Contradictory, no?

When you start out, you have zero experience managing people, talking to clients, creating partnerships, hiring, etc. When we start to feel that we’ve fit in well with what we’re doing, that’s exactly when we hire a person to replace us, and we fire ourselves.