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Some of your problems seem more like "new company" problems than "fresh domain" problems. I have done a few major switches over the course of my career. Jav

Some of your problems seem more like "new company" problems than "fresh domain" problems. I have done a few major switches over the course of my career. Java/R&D -> MUMPS+VB/Medical -> Java/Legal -> C#/Military The biggest problem was seeing that the common element over those multiple domains is that nobody really knows what they're doing, and everyone is just faking it so hard that it somehow just works anyway. So if you have any genuine competence in anything, you just copy everything that makes even an iota of sense from that into whatever else you're doing, and that makes you an instant genius. You might have a different experience if you are in a hot spot where everyone around you seems to be smarter than you are, but in other places, the person that has been continuously learning new things on their own initiative for 12 years will catch up within 1 year or less, and will be jetting past everyone else by their second anniversary. The downside is that they will be bored by the third year, and looking elsewhere for promotion opportunities by the fourth.

le-mark 9y ago
> The biggest problem was seeing that the common element over those multiple domains is that nobody really knows what they're doing, and everyone is just faking it so hard that it somehow just works anyway. So if you have any genuine competence in anything, you just copy everything that makes even an iota of sense from that into whatever else you're doing, and that makes you an instant genius. This is sooo true. From my experience most organizations and teams are very low performing, speaking about older companies, especially ones that have had rounds of layoffs or lots of turnover over the years. You truly get the "don't move my cheese types" who are just there because they're to lazy to find another job. Mostly, the people who really knew the code/domain left long ago. Occasionally you'll find an old BA who ought to be running place, hunkered down somewhere. These people are gold.

le-mark 9y ago

> The biggest problem was seeing that the common element over those multiple domains is that nobody really knows what they're doing, and everyone is just faking it so hard that it somehow just works anyway. So if you have any genuine competence in anything, you just copy everything that makes even an iota of sense from that into whatever else you're doing, and that makes you an instant genius. This is sooo true. From my experience most organizations and teams are very low performing, speaking about older companies, especially ones that have had rounds of layoffs or lots of turnover over the years. You truly get the "don't move my cheese types" who are just there because they're to lazy to find another job. Mostly, the people who really knew the code/domain left long ago. Occasionally you'll find an old BA who ought to be running place, hunkered down somewhere. These people are gold.