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I think this reflects an attitude of the world that I disagree with. Youth does not imply ignorance; they can be naturally coupled together, but the automatic
by iamdave 16y ago
I think this reflects an attitude of the world that I disagree with. Youth does not imply ignorance; they can be naturally coupled together, but the automatic assumption from older managers and developers that "He's young, he doesn't know what he's doing" needs to die a horrible death in a house fire.
I'm sorry, you may disagree and that's your prerogative but I've worked with some incredibly intelligent, skilled, and forward thinking individuals who some "curmudgeons" might think are just inexperienced buffoons who defied the status quo and in a few cases have actually managed to save their department thousands of dollars.
Youth is vitality, youth is energy, youth is a fresh perspective.
Sometimes that birdcage NEEDS to be rattled.
It's like Wayne Gretzky said, "I missed 100% of the shots I didn't take"
Exactly, Wayne.
You miss 100% of the shots you don't take.
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- bjelkeman-again 16y agoIt is interesting, I didn't read in his post that nupark2 said youth implies ignorance. But that is probably because you'd classify me as an old "curmudgeon" too. I totally agree that vitality, energy and fresh perspectives are important, but I have also been exposed to them being applied to the totally wrong thing. But I don't think that is an age thing really. I have experienced buffoons at every level of an organisation and at every age. I try to mix young and old, experience and fresh perspectives, energy and caution in my teams. Balance tends to work out well.
- jacques_chester 16y agoWayne Gretzky's risk for missing a shot was ... nothing. It cost him nothing to miss. So of course it was rational to take every possible shot. Curmudgeons have memories of shots taken that had high, probably still extant, negative side-effects. That's why they're cautious.