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To be honest, "10 years of experience" in this industry means nothing. I have worked with (and interviewed) A LOT of devs with 10-15 years of experience who ca

To be honest, "10 years of experience" in this industry means nothing. I have worked with (and interviewed) A LOT of devs with 10-15 years of experience who can't do a basic fizz-buzz (I'm exaggerating, of course, but really, really weak devs who due to whatever reason didn't bother to improve their skills past what they learned in school in 1980s). Even $60,000 can be acceptable for a dev with "15 years of experience", if his skills are worth $60,000.

jesterson 7y ago
That's so true. Diploma, years of experience, experience itself doesn't mean anything. I've interviewed a lot of people who came to interview with a pile of of diplomas and recommendations and were quite weak and hired people without prestigious education and extensive experience who produced amazing results. People tend to collect toys like diplomas, certificates, etc... I'd probably be downvoted, but imo correlation between actual skills and those toys is getting weaker lately.
- csorrell 7y ago
  to be honest, I think this has more to do with the way a lot of companies interview. I was probably a much stronger interviewee immediately after graduating college than I am now after having worked in the field for half a decade. I'm a much more skilled developer now though. I don't read textbooks in my free time, so if I end up in an interview where they are asking me textbook questions I'm not going to do as well. I had an interview recently for a senior dev role and they were asking me things like, "what are the 4 pillars of OOP?", and I thought to myself, "Off the top of my head, IDK, but it sounds like something I probably learned in school." edit: I guess you're more so comparing people with degrees vs. those without so my response would better fit under the parent comment. basically all I'm saying is yes, 10 years experience does mean something in this field, but if your interview style isn't picking up on that then your interview process is broken.

jesterson 7y ago

That's so true. Diploma, years of experience, experience itself doesn't mean anything. I've interviewed a lot of people who came to interview with a pile of of diplomas and recommendations and were quite weak and hired people without prestigious education and extensive experience who produced amazing results. People tend to collect toys like diplomas, certificates, etc... I'd probably be downvoted, but imo correlation between actual skills and those toys is getting weaker lately.

csorrell 7y ago
to be honest, I think this has more to do with the way a lot of companies interview. I was probably a much stronger interviewee immediately after graduating college than I am now after having worked in the field for half a decade. I'm a much more skilled developer now though. I don't read textbooks in my free time, so if I end up in an interview where they are asking me textbook questions I'm not going to do as well. I had an interview recently for a senior dev role and they were asking me things like, "what are the 4 pillars of OOP?", and I thought to myself, "Off the top of my head, IDK, but it sounds like something I probably learned in school." edit: I guess you're more so comparing people with degrees vs. those without so my response would better fit under the parent comment. basically all I'm saying is yes, 10 years experience does mean something in this field, but if your interview style isn't picking up on that then your interview process is broken.