If you find yourself arguing with someone who has been in a profession for a long time, you probably don’t know what you’re talking about

For example, 3 years ago I knew nothing about how a commercial kitchen works. When I got my first job in one, I was immediately overwhelmed. There’s no way I could have come in there with 0 experience and said I knew how they could make their workflow more efficient. Heck, I didn’t even know enough to fully understand their workflow.<br><br>The same principle holds in almost every field, and I use this example because I it is one of the few fields I have enough information to form the conclusion I did. <br><br>In conclusion, if a teacher, police officer, doctor, chef, mechanic, nurse, or most anyone with a “thankless job” says that what you see in the news isn’t depiction of their daily life, you can probably trust them more than a news headline.<br><br>EDIT: I probably phrased this tip poorly, and I think it is causing a lot of confrontation. If you get into an argument with someone who has significantly more experience than you, you should probably be more open to the idea that you are wrong than you are.