Traditional institution-guided experts can easily see what the skills look like within their vocation and mastery is easily recognized. Generally, career goals follow established guidelines and both title and compensation options have industry accepted paths. Leadership responsibilities, in the form of management roles or lead-by-influence responsibilities, can expand career options. Because traditional institution-guided experts can also be Unconventional Experts, expert-treks can expand into unconventional directions.

Unconventional Experts and career goals
Unconventional Experts forge their own path. They inherently commit to projects within their individual work-process. Committing to a project immerses them within their vision and their vision is made up of possibilities. Unconventional Experts can and do commit to career goals, however, it is possibilities that truly motivates them, at every step of the individual work-process.

Unskilled to semi-skilled (non-expert) career goals
It is not unusual for unskilled and semi-skilled workers to advance their careers to expert-level and/or leadership expert roles. Because anyone can become an Unconventional Expert, regardless of educational background, there is always an open invitation to take one’s career in this unconventional direction. Becoming an Unconventional Expert is a possible career goal, however, seeing possibilities is the key to getting there.