Two Hundred Thirty-Fourth Entry

Being pigeonholed at work is not necessarily a bad thing. You do become the go to guy, but it also opens the door to learn about other things and how your expertise and these other things are inter-related. That might not hold true in all fields, but it certainly does at my job.

Example: The other day at work, Dan, the transit guy (think buses), came to me because he knew that I was the unofficial ADA expert at work. He wanted to know what the ADA requirements for bus shelters were. That interaction with Dan also gave me the opportunity to find out more about the transit field of things (something that I would like to know more about).

But, there are the people(like my boss, Marcia) who say that if you have only one person in the office that is the only expert on a certain topic, you might as well get rid of that person because once they leave, there isn't anyone that knows anything about that topic. But nobody's getting fired. It's the government.

In any case, it's good to be needed. And when you need something from someone, they kind of owe you. Sweet.

There you go.

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I got a package today in the mail. Don't know why, I never expected it. I don't know how to take it.