I am stuck in my career. What can I do if I know lots of stuff, but I am not an expert in anything?

It would be difficult to provide advice on something so specific without seeing exactly what your previous experience, education and accomplishments include in detail and seeing how you communicate, but I agree with George - it's mainly about confidence and commitment. With those two things the majority of people can excel in what they intelligently and strategically prepare for themselves for. I would change your thinking from 'What can I actually do?' to 'What do I want to do?'. I've seen people with similar backgrounds (based on the above vague summary) tackle anything from hands-on development work to project/program/product management, technical field or sales engineering, indie work, etc. The difficult part is setting your initial goal, and then choosing appropriate career planning and continuing education to focus on reaching your version of success (money, advancement, worklife balance, independence, whatever...). Self exploration to make this decision can be tough. I would recommend: - taking a look at various LinkedIn profiles of people with similar skills as you and seeing where their career paths have taken them - register and meet with 3rd party (agency) technical recruiters and express an extreme openness to the role and market; ask for their advice on potential directions and trends - go through http://Indeed.com and explore job openings just by skills rather than title and see what comes up; do the same on Craigslist; read through them and see which roles excite you and WHY - once you have some potential ideas and goals try doing some deeper research and career planning exercises around them; see my blog: http://www.worklifecareers.com/the-4-step-career-planning-process-free-career-development-plan/ Best wishes on your next adventure!

Most people who feel that they are afflicted by the "jack-of-all-trades, master-of-none" syndrome do not realize that they are in fact experts in at least one thing. That's probably because they don't feel it.  Let's review what Eleanor Roosevelt had to say about this very human issue: No one can make you feel inferior without your consent. was a bit more candid about it: Whether you think you can or think you can't - you are right. And here's the beautiful Lauren Bacall's take on the matter: I am not a has-been.  I am a will be. Check out that look on her face. She knows she's an expert at something. It is important for experts to be able to present themselves as such. In this regard, communication is just as important as knowledge. You have to able to articulate whatever it is that you are an expert in. This is something that many Quora experts excel at. With this in mind, I took the liberty to edit your question and correct a few things such as typos, choice of verbal tense, subject-verb agreement, comma issues, etc. Whatever your strength is, make sure you are able to clearly communicate it. Look, I don't know the first thing about the technologies you are good at. Who is Ruby, and why is she on rails? That sounds uncomfortable... Anyway, you say: "I am not talented [enough] to become an expert." That's just not right, man; you are in your mid-20s and working in the intricate field of developing IT products. You have certainly accomplished more than I did at your age. Your bottom-line question is an inquiry about the career path you should follow or what to do if I were you. Out of all the skills you have, choose either the toughest one or the one you enjoy the most. Become an expert at it by means of learning, preparation and training. As Samuel Johnson said,"Knock the 't' off the can't." While you are at it, make sure you can clearly verbalize and write about what you are an expert at. I say you stay on your current career path, which seems to involve actually creating and developing things. Your next project should involve building or coding an internal app that boosts your confidence. This is paramount in the mortgage origination candidates I recruit for the top lenders in the U.S.; if they show up to the interview lacking confidence, they don't get the job.  I know this sounds tired and cliched, but you just have to believe in yourself. With all that said, I must add that I have a pretty good feeling about you, kid. I think you'll be ok.

Forgetting the development skills do you have knowledge in a domain; are you an knowledgeable in travel bookings, trade clearing, payment processing, eCommerce, customer research, canning of cat food? I'll bet you have had solid exposure to one or more domains at this point in your career.  Look for opportunities in that space and re-orient your resume to emphasize it.  Get a position as a BA where your domain knowledge is the selling point and your technical skills are a plus but not what you are competing on.

Those who have posted replies have good ideas to follow up, and I'll add yet another take on the issue. There's nothing wrong with being a jack-of-all-trades. Our society puts value on expertise in very narrow areas, but sometimes the best value is in being able to see the big picture, and that may take a little knowledge of a lot of things. You may want to look a little more into what you LIKE to do most, feel you DO WELL and have PRIDE IN DOING. When you've collected a dozen or more activities that contain all three of those elements, look for the common threads and consider those items as potential strengths, or areas of expertise. Maybe you'd make a better teacher of web development, or maybe writing about it would meet your need to excel. What is the context of your enjoyment at doing these activities?  It's likely that your enjoyment will take you to a kind of expertise, just not necessarily a job title.  You may have to explore a bit to find it, but don't stop looking just because it isn't easy. Another tip, look for a book by Barbara Sher, called Refuse to Choose. Best wishes, Kate

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