The Heinlein meme. Bold what you've done and italicize what you believe you could do with reasonable confidence. Any thing with an asterisk is something that wouldn't be pretty, but it would get done.
A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog*, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone*, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects. — Robert A. Heinlein.
That last one depends on what you mean by gallantly. I plan on cheating if a situation comes up where dying gallantly is on the list of things to do today.
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