Years of Experience Myth
Comments debate the quality versus quantity of professional experience in software development, repeatedly citing the adage that some have '10 years of experience' while others have '1 year repeated 10 times,' emphasizing depth over mere tenure.
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A decade's worth of experience vs beginner-level experience could explain the issue. Not saying it does, just that it could.
You forgot "N years of experience in something that's only existed for N - 2 years"
The good old "They don't have 10 years experience, they have 2 years of experience 5 times"
Hopefully. A friend of mine once said "So do you have ten years of experience, or do you have one year of experience ten times?"
"Some people have 10 years experience. Some people have had 1 years experience 10 times over..."
As the old adage says, "Do you have 10 years of experience? Or 1 year of experience, 10 times?"
The best thing I've seen on the topic is: "Some people have 10 years experience, some people have 1 years experience 10 times".
You're conflating age with level of experience.
There are seniors with 5 years of proper experience that will run circles around the seniors that have 15 years doing the same 1 year of experience.
"They have the same experience with whatever the latest thing is."This assumption is wrong. They don't have the same experience. Their direct experience (counted as the time they spent hacking with the latest thing) might be exactly the same, but this doesn't translate to the same effective experience / capability. When I was 20, it took me much longer to become productive with any new thing than it is now when I'm 30. A 20-year old with a 6-month experience with