Both professional activities and hobbies

For example… If a new hire is introduced as “good at Python and C++” at work, what does this imply about the person’s skill level in your opinion? Or if someone says they are a “good runner”, what would come to your mind? Or is it field-dependent?

Asking because sometimes I’m not sure if I am under/over-exaggerating my own abilities when meeting new ppl at work/etc…

  • Dave@lemmy.nz
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    21 hours ago

    Personally if someone was described as “good”, I’d take it to mean they could do it at an expected level (not going to hold the team back). If someone was above average at the task then I’d expect a different adjective, e.g. great or excellent.