Masters are highly skilled in and have uncompromised control over information technology. Earning 50,000 points and the Master certification is the first step in a long, arduous journey to the top. The right to bear one's shield is earned only when an expert reached the 50,000 point mark.

True Masters don't remain Masters long, as they quickly become Gurus.

Leading, mentoring, and advising members make certified Gurus the workhorses of Experts Exchange. Gurus are the avant-garde of the IT world! Our Gurus ensure that our community remains on the cutting edge of technology! 150,000 points in one Zone earns any expert the title of Guru and their first stripe on their silver badge of courage.

The typical computer user will mistake a Wizard's skills for magic, but Experts Exchange assures you that our Wizards conjure solutions with little more than the wave of a mouse.

The second stripe, the mark of the Wizard, is earned only by garnering 300,000 points within a single Zone.

The Experts Exchange Sage is celebrated for his or her vast wisdom, unfaltering judgment and years of experience. In the way that Obi-Wan Kenobi guided Luke Skywalker to Jedi awesomeness, the Experts Exchange Sage selflessly strives to lead all members to their maximum information technology potential.

500,000 points earns all Sages a third stripe to their rank for all to see throughout Experts Exchange.

An Experts Exchange Genius is to information technology as Mozart is to music. These geniuses are the best of the best and are the "go to" experts when the most difficult questions arise. Geniuses are awarded the coveted fourth stripe to their rank upon their millionth expert point, an achievement only a handful of experts have reached.

The comments of Geniuses, even when whispered, are heard the loudest of all experts throughout our community. Their comments are heeded carefully and treated with the highest regard. It's best not to look directly at our geniuses, as their brilliance may blind you.

Earning 10,000,000 expert points is a grueling challenge for even the best of experts. Savants are the IT equivalent of being able to solve a Rubik's Cube one-handed in less than a minute. They are incredibly capable in their area of expertise.

Earning Savant status also earns an expert the fifth stripe for their rank!

The name explains itself. The Elite is defined as the choice or best of anything considered collectively. Well, considered collectively, our Elites are the best of IT experts throughout the world. Even though our Elite know that they're amazing, unlike the elite of the rest of the world, ours are still willing to take a moment out of their day to solve someone else's technological problem.

Earning 25 million expert points gives your rank its sixth and final stripe.

Technocrats don't have brains; they have central processing units. They don't speak with their mouths; they communicate in ones and zeros. They don't eat; they consume kilowatts. The EE Technocrat is more computer than human. Our Technocrats can speak computer. Their ability to interact with computers on their own terms makes them an invaluable asset to our community. They can solve any problem.

The prestigious first star is bestowed upon those who earn 50 million expert points.

The Expert who reaches the 100 million mark on Experts Exchange deserves nothing less than stories to be written about him or her and passed on through countless generations into the future. The Experts Exchange Legend is unstoppable in creating solutions to the most heinous IT problems.

Simply stated, the one who achieves Legend status here at Experts Exchange is untouchable.