The joke is on us

Sometimes, it is really difficult to explain what exactly it is that we do.

People love to teach - I mean isn't that obvious from the number of unsolicited advice we get each day?

And then, people love to pass comments - don't we all say, its a free country and if we don't like something we have a right to say 'I don't like it'

Weave these two steps into a logic and mix it with the fact that IDs in India are not certified IDs. I'm definitely not a certified ID - experienced yes, certified no.

So, I can't really complain when people jump in to define what it is we do. How can I? I only know what I have done and what I am doing.

But ID is a huge field and there are many IDs out there doing many different things...

And yet when people try to tell me that ID is just commonsense and anyone can do it - my hackles are raised.

Everyone can give advice: How many of us can say that ours is taken seriously?

Everyone can make a comment: How many of us can say ours add value?

So yes, anyone with a pinch of common sense and smarts can become an ID but copying content from other sites does not an ID make.

I agree with people who say 'Work Smart NOT Hard' but that only works when the SMART part of it is our own and not borrowed.