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And if you got the choice of hiring someone with 5 year experience or 20, which would you choose?

• TheOtherHobbes 10y ago
  It would depend on the kind of experience and the quality of insight. Time served doesn't correlate to quality. Programming is actually a very permissive industry. There are corporate environments in which you can be barely competent and still keep your job - if not gain promotions.
• AnimalMuppet 10y ago
  Depends on whether they cost the same. If the experience costs more, does it bring enough value to the position I'm hiring for to be worth the cost? That's the key to getting a job with 20 years of experience. You need to be able to convince the hiring manager that you're worth the extra money in that job. (And then the hiring manager needs people above him that will let him spend the extra money.)