To clarify, I didn't mean to equate experience to skill in anyway whatsoever, as I tend to agree there is little correlation between the 2, especially when it c

To clarify, I didn't mean to equate experience to skill in anyway whatsoever, as I tend to agree there is little correlation between the 2, especially when it comes to purely technical skills. I simply meant that someone who has seen a given problem, read the right article or studied the right area has some experience to share that someone who hasn't does not.