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I came here to say the same. I'm pretty sure he meant "don't hire people with senior sounding management titles from big companies" but it could be read as "don
by quantumhobbit 10y ago
I came here to say the same. I'm pretty sure he meant "don't hire people with senior sounding management titles from big companies" but it could be read as "don't hire old people with experience" which despite being terrible advice is pretty common in this industry.
- RKoutnik 10y agoAgreed. I've worked at enough startups full of young folks powered by Dunning-Kruger [0] for several lifetimes. We've lost the meaning of 'Senior' such that the folks who do have tons of useful experience are afraid to show it. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning%E2%80%93Kruger_effect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning%E2%80%93Kruger_effect
- softawre 10y agoI don't think you have to link the DK effect on this forum.. Half of us know it like the back of our hand, and the other half are too dumb to think they can learn it. Not sure which half is which though.
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