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Can you elaborate on the difference between 1 years of experience 10 times, and 10 years of experience? I don't follow. Do you mean 10 separate one-year project

• philk 16y ago
  What he means is the difference between someone who's been a programmer for ten years but has learned very little (and done the same easy stuff over and over) and someone who's been a programmer for ten years and has done really impressive stuff and learned a lot.
  • nailer 16y ago
    When I was involved in the Unix world I used to see this a lot: someone with 'x years of experience' who knew the 5-10% of the system they work with day to day really well, with no understanding, no interest, and no awareness of the rest of the system.
  • btilly 16y ago
    Exactly. If you are content to do the same thing over and over again, you won't improve no matter how many years of experience are on your resume. On the flip side there are some aspects of the profession that you just aren't going to learn without putting in serious time. People who do the first thing can be OK if you only need easy stuff done in a routine way, and have someone to give them direction. People who do the latter are invaluable resources.