Level of SketchUp for profile

Futurepast

@box said:

would give everyone a comfortable spot to position themselves, with a clearer understanding of what depth to answer their question.

I would agree with that. Sometimes, as I read the replies made to peoples questions, the answers are over my head, others are way to simple. But those are answers, to those people, and their level of understanding, is different than mine. I am a beginner and will always be a beginner I think, because I am always learning something new in here. Especially when the answers are different or several ways of doing the same thing, like native tools vrs. plugins. As I have read, even the gurus have different ways of doing the same thing. So, listing us as novice, beginner, etc. is only good if there is a question being asked. It isn't a badge of honor or title.

Bob James

@Box
Much better

jeff hammond

@box said:

I guess this post of mine should be in Ideas Board and not here but it is now....

Beginner
Novice
Intermediate
Advanced
Guru

maybe nix the guru one? scf already has top sketchucators which is via peer recognition and basically says "look, question asker, this person has proven themselves to be a helpful question answerer so you might want to consider their response a little more seriously than the others"

(oh, and hey @box, where's your green badge? ..you're always a good question answerer )

Krisidious

I like Guru better than Top SketchUcator... Guru is more widely understood.

jeff hammond

@krisidious said:

I like Guru better than Top SketchUcator... Guru is more widely understood.

http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=34499

Krisidious

Bob James

Okay, no guru.
But for those who aren't "officially recognized" how about:

Beginner
Novice
Intermediate
Advanced
Expert

Krisidious

And shouldn't these titles be by vote of other individuals in the forum and not selected by one's self?

Bob James

@krisidious said:

And shouldn't these titles be by vote of other individuals in the forum and not selected by one's self?

Based on what criteria?

I think everyone has a "feel" for what level they are.
As I understand it, the function of these titles is only to help those who are responding to someone's question, to frame the level of their response

What in the world are you doing up at 3 in the morning

Krisidious

Exactly and after they've helped someone they would get a vote. Maybe even the "solved" feature could be the vote. Then people who were the most helpful would rise to that title. People tend to have a higher opinion of themselves than others might, and then diametrically, those who tend to be those most helpful might also tend to be more humble.

I'm a night owl... I'm often up till 4 or 5. The joys of being self employed with a web based business with clients who normally email.

Box

@unknownuser said:

@box said:

I guess this post of mine should be in Ideas Board and not here but it is now....

Beginner
Novice
Intermediate
Advanced
Guru

maybe nix the guru one? scf already has top sketchucators which is via peer recognition and basically says "look, question asker, this person has proven themselves to be a helpful question answerer so you might want to consider their response a little more seriously than the others"

(oh, and hey @box, where's your green badge? ..you're always a good question answerer )

I think these are two different things.

Top sketchucator, Global moderator, etc etc are specific forum titles that don't necessarily have anything to do with your SU level. Yes, I have a green badge, but I don't wear it, I also have a red badge and I don't wear that either. My Green badge was given to me because I do try to answer question when I know the answer, but it doesn't make me an Expert, it only means I answer questions and sometimes know the answer. I also know my limits and don't touch questions outside my skill level.

The five levels should be something the user chooses themselves, and I agree Expert is a better term than Guru.

Bob James

@krisidious said:

Exactly and after they've helped someone they would get a vote. Maybe even the "solved" feature could be the vote. Then people who were the most helpful would rise to that title. People tend to have a higher opinion of themselves than others might, and then diametrically, those who tend to be those most helpful might also tend to be more humble

I think the titles should be based on SU skill level, not on how helpful they've been.
IMHO I think anyone can gauge their SU expertise pretty well by comparing their models against what is posted in WIP and Gallery.

sfto1

For what it is worth....

I jumped in with a plus 1 to the idea of having some incremental steps for the intermediate level classification because I associated "beginner" with the skill sets identified in the SU beginner tutorials by Google. They are very basic and achievable, with practice, somewhat quickly. Then I have seen the work of those who have identified themselves as advanced here on this forum and I became quite inspired and humbled.

With beginner and advanced somewhat defined, I chose to categorize myself as an intermediate skill level SU/LO user. However, as I have spent more time in this forum, I have seen users who were quite more adept at modeling than I, who considered themselves intermediate in their skill level, and then I have noticed modelers who have generously marked themselves as advanced. I know I am not a beginner, but I also know that I have a long way to go before I consider myself advanced.

Something that I have wrestled with when I visit the WIP gallery is that many of those projects are co-mingled with rendering skills. So I try not to confuse my modeling with modeling and rendering. Or maybe I'm just kidding myself there... )

Somewhere between the beginner and advanced level is a vast and varied intermediate level. I am of the opinion that one does not make that particular transition in a quick and linear fashion, hence my support for a couple of levels for intermediate.)

It might seem like semantics to some or even ego stroking to others when it comes to identifying one's skill level, but I think it has some merit when seeking help. Consider that an answer to the same question posed by a kindergartner and a college graduate would be framed quite differently from someone who really is interested or able to answer the question.

I will be listing myself as intermediate for quite a while, because there are many aspects of this deceptively simple native program to master and manipulate.

I cheer those who have "begun" and to those that have truly made it to an advanced level, I salute you.

beginner

I like my beginner level.