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There are clear reasons why this is true: Here are my theses: - People with lots of years in one field don't have the courage/curiosity to learn something new
by mironathetin 19y ago
There are clear reasons why this is true:
Here are my theses:
- People with lots of years in one field don't have the courage/curiosity to learn something new.
- without curiosity you don't learn a lot in life.
- People with tons of experience do a job for many years without being bored? Does that mean singlemindedness?
- Our worst programmer has 20 years of experience in her field. She has a tenure track position and cannot be fired. She HAS this position because she was the only one, who did not leave in the last 20 years. Since nobody else wants her she will stay forever.
- On the other hand: smart people are bored quickly. If you don't give them new challenges, THEY will leave (with few years of experience in every field they have ever touched).
My best guess is this: The HR departments are full of mediocre people who are not smart enough themselves to find smart people. Look around: the average rules.
If we find vacancy announcements that require lots of experience or a washlist of buzzwords, this tells us something about the company already: About who writes the announcements, about the influence of the smart people in that company and about how complex they are organized.
- yters 19y agoGood points. Reminds me of an article awhile back about why it's bad to hire smart people. Of course it's bad...if you give them the wrong job.
- newton_dave 19y ago> People with lots of years in one field don't have the courage/curiosity to learn something new. Or they may enjoy their field, or they learn new things and apply them in their field, or their field is dynamic enough that it provides new challenges, or...
- edw519 19y ago"There are clear reasons why this is true:" "Here are my theses:" Aren't these 2 statements conflicting?
- wallflower 19y agoIt's good for people to have a job, even if they are not the best one for that job. It helps keep the framework of society together. Ideally, people could exercise their true talent and get paid but it's not always easy to get paid for what you like to do. Like Jim Rohn says - if all you get from your job is a paycheck, you are underpaid. It's a series of checks and balances - no perfect job is out there - it's up to you to make the best of it.
- newton_dave 19y ago> It helps keep the framework of society together. A joke, yes?
- pchristensen 19y agoI'm pretty sure he was serious. Large masses of unemployed people aren't good news for anyone. While having a dream job beats having a lousy job, having a lousy job is a heck of a lot better than the hopelessness and helplessness that comes from not being able to get a job.
- newton_dave 19y agoI'll still argue that people having jobs isn't, and wasn't, what holds "the framework of society" together.