So, what we know from industrial psychology isn't that experience doesn't add value. It's that high IQ people learn faster. This makes sense when you remember t

So, what we know from industrial psychology isn't that experience doesn't add value. It's that high IQ people learn faster. This makes sense when you remember that intelligence is broadly defined as the ability to learn. While Alice may have fewer years of experience than Bob, she might have effectively more experience if she absorbed understanding at a faster rate. An unexperienced, high-intelligence person usually starts at an initial disadvantage, but manages to "get up to speed" quickly. This also underscores the particular importance of intelligence in software. The field is constantly awash in new technologies, where nobody has had time to accumulate extensive chronological experience. So, it's really important to find people that can absorb new concepts quickly. [1] https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0191308510000043 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S019130851...