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30-50%(used to be 90%) of any programming job is doing crap you didn't know how to do before. If they have a proven track record of figuring things out experie
by sharemywin 8y ago
30-50%(used to be 90%) of any programming job is doing crap you didn't know how to do before.
If they have a proven track record of figuring things out experience is minimally valuable.
- chrisseaton 8y ago> If they have a proven track record of figuring things out experience is minimally valuable. I can't understand this point of view at all. When Google wanted to build the world's best JS JIT they didn't hire anyone who was generally able to figure things out - they hired the person with the most experience in building dynamic language JITs in the world. Experience is everything! Experience is knowing which rabbit holes to not go down, knowing who to speak to when you need help, what ideas haven't been tried yet, etc.
- camel_Snake 8y agoI think it's totally unrealistic to compare the average coding gig with writing a custom JIT from scratch for Google. In most businesses the difference between 'very good' and 'world class' won't have a large enough impact to spend the extra resources getting that rockstar. And then there is the issue of actually retaining top talent...
- mixmastamyk 8y agoAnd what about the other 98% of jobs?