When I was twenty-five I didn't think experience was all that important and chaffed at the fact that it was so considered by others. Today I think the opposite.

When I was twenty-five I didn't think experience was all that important and chaffed at the fact that it was so considered by others. Today I think the opposite. Was I right back then or I am right now? Will the author of this post feel the same way he does now in ten more years? We can all write blog posts filled with earnest arguments and anecdotes, but unless there is some sort of good data around to look at I doubt anyone's mind is going to be changed.