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…
Competent and able to handle everyday tasks with ease.
For anything considered complex, able to give a good start and potentially work a partial solution (for running, they can do a good half-marathon without too much trouble).
Not a world-beater, not someone who can handle any task trivially, but someone who can definitely contribute to even expert/Ph.D level fields, if only at at a lower level (ie doing tasks at the direction of the lead researcher/engineer).
If they’re “really good”, I expect all that, and that they can self-lead for complex tasks, with the potential to grow into the latter role of “lead”.
I am, at my worst, “really-good” at a lot of things, but I’ve also met a few rare people who make me feel like I’m in that half-marathon while they’re doing a 100m dash, and they just never slow down. That’s rarely a question of skill or competence for me, it’s more focus and dedication to a single task.