What are you good at?

I'm Propter Doc and, in my life as a new academic, I'm good at doing what is necessary and sufficient for success.

(i.e. the higher-ups have dumped all the admin stuff on my desk and I have to get through it some how)

My name is Judy, and I'm an unemployed lab tech. I'm really, really good at taking care of natural history collections; I love doing it; and I wish somebody thought it was work worth funding.

Hi, I'm Speedwell. I'm a trainer in IT. I'm good at training oilfield engineers how to accept, understand, and follow through on parts of their work that are not actually engineering. I'm good at solving the problems they cause in the system when they nevertheless insist on doing things "creatively."

I'm Girl Technologist, and I'm good at not getting offended at some comment I probably should be offended at till a few hours after it happens...

;)

I am Danimal and I am good at posting short worthless comments on your blog.

I'm quite good with coming up with research ideas and developing hypotheses for testing.

I'm good at learning something new and applying it appropriately (or not at all) to my situation.

Hi, I'm Comet Hunter, and I have serious organizational skills. Sometimes I wish I could be a "life organizer" for other people.

I am scicurious, and I am told that I am a captivating teacher.

I'm Female Engineering Professor, and I'm my department's most knowledgable MATLAB user.

To be honest, I'm good at harnessing the subtle mechanisms of patriarchy to advance my career ahead of my female colleagues who are all working harder than me. But if it's any consolation to the ladies, once I get into management I'm going to preferentially hire women because guys are far more likely to be lazy.

I'm good at networking and generating new ideas. I'm good at drumming up new actvities, but less good at the follow through. Maybe it would be perfect if I had someone else to carry out the actual work.

Hi,

I'm Fia and I am good at coming up with new research questions, and finding ways of answering them. Also, I am good in (and love) organizing projects efficiently. I find that I have too many metas-kills and too few hard (as in technichal) skills.

Hi, I'm PiT. I'm great at making sarcastic comments at faculty meetings that are only audible to the like-minded individuals sitting next to me. Oh, and I'm a very effective educator.

My name is Carrie, and I'm a good manager. I can find work that challenges people, increases their skills, and still delivers an excellent product on time at the end of the day.

Hi I'm Dr. N and I'm good at communicating science to both scientists and non-scientists.

I am Becca and I am good at public speaking and thinking analytically (read: talking excessively and finding fault everywhere).

In my opinion the largest threat for California are cataclysms and ecological catastrophes. Not important is how many money we have because one tragedy can us take all.

Hi, I'm Jane, and I'm good at seeing potential in students that my colleagues would otherwise overlook, and at getting students who think "I'll never understand this stuff" to surprise even themselves with what they can do by the end of my class.

Hi, I'm a psych grad student and I'm good at guiding myself through the chaos of my research by looking at the big picture. I'm also good at annoying my supervisor. :)

I'm Dr Jekyll, and I'm good at getting stuff done. Sometimes I get stuff done by cajoling others to do my work for me, but the point is--shit gets done.

Hi I'm Rachel. I may be Saxifragia's twin.

I'm good at linking people to other people, in seeing the big picture and in public speaking. I'm great at generating ideas on better ways to communicate, to persuade, and to solve problems.

Hi I'm kiwi and I'm good at supporting other people, and getting better at prioritising my own research when necessary.

I'm Estraven, a math professor. I'm good at understanding little bits of difficult stuff and then explain them so that they're not so difficult. I'm also good at finding problems that match the solution techniques I know.

Hi, I'm Kim. I'm good at writing letters of recommendation. (At least, that's how it's felt for the past two months.)

Hi, I'm Tina, and I'm good at not taking things personally. Which is why I feel perfectly justified in offering my own constructive criticisms to my 'underlings'.

Hi, I'm Alice Pawley, and I'm good at synthesizing lots of ideas collected from all kinds of sources into intriguing research questions. (I'm working on getting good at actually exploring them.)

I'm Zen, and I don't suck at presentations, graphics, or writing.

I'm Richard. I'm good at debugging software..which is far more useful and necessary in the long run than my real job...writing software...

My name is Sarah, I'm still in high school, and I'm good at making connections between the bits of information I've learned--and hopefully that will lead me to a successful career in research someday!

I am good at teaching. I am good at giving oral presentations. I am good at reading, understanding and keeping in mind for quick recall vast bodies of literature. I am good at connecting seemingly disconnected ideas from seemingly unrelated research areas into brand new ideas nobody before thought about.

I am bad at time management, I am bad at pipetting, I was bad at dealing with university authorities (except my PI and committee), I am bad at producing stuff by stated deadline, I am bad at finishing stuff I started without external push by someone else.

Picking up at conferences?

(ducks)

I'm Alex, I'm a research student, and I am very good at keeping up morale in the field. Also, I design a mean poster.

Hi. I'm Dr. Mom and I am really good at advising and motivating my students. I treat them like adults, that seems to help.

Hi, I'm a rageful phd student. In my professional life, I'm good at structuring experiments so that they dovetail together and I can fit more results-gathering into a working day.

I'm a woman chemist and I'm a really good at helping others and anticipating their needs (I would have made an excellent executive assistant, I think).

I'm good at explaining difficult concepts in simple terms. I'd like to try my hand at teaching some day.

I'm an assistant professor, and so far I seem to be pretty good at motivating people to get excited about things in the lab. I'm also very good at getting things done on time--for now, we'll see how long that bright-eyed bushytailedness lasts.

Hi im Ss. I am a very quick learner. I went from 0 knowledge and experience in my field to become an awesome researcher in just 2 years.

Also, i have encouraged and offered clear perspectives to atleast 3 people who had doubts in entering the phd program at my school to join and they are thankful to this day!

Ni2, Masters student in Mech engg. One who feels immense untapped potential in himself and has not yet been able to make it sustain.. Just like in the case of nuclear fusion.. Once I find out, I would like the whole world to benefit from it..

Hi, I am a miserable 33 year old PhD student in telecom and just realized that this isn't the career that I want for myself. The most pettiful side is that I still don't know what I am good at...I need HELP