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I don't think experience matters that much. If you're awesome, you should be paid $100K or more. If you're awesome, btw, I'd like to make you such a job offer
by grandalf 15y ago
I don't think experience matters that much. If you're awesome, you should be paid $100K or more. If you're awesome, btw, I'd like to make you such a job offer.
- throwaway09810 15y agoAwesome at what? Solving problems? Check. Dedicating myself to things? Check. Working hard to get things done properly and quickly? Check. Having fun doing these things? Double check. I'm not the best programmer in the world (jr level I'd say), but I sure as hell love what I do and I'm improving every day. Currently my biggest tools are Ruby, Rails, Javascript (jQuery mostly), and HTML/CSS. Half front-end/half back-end dev in my day job. email me: aanon2247@gmail.com if you're interested in talking. note: obviously throwaway accounts
- rick888 15y agoare you being serious? How can you be awesome without experience? Otherwise, why not hire a janitor and pay him 100K as a developer (he's awesome!)
- neworbit 15y agoI'm pretty sure he means "can make great things happen" trumps "7 years Java experience on the resume"
- latch 15y ago30 years experience doesn't mean much if it's the same year thirty times.
- bherms 15y agoI'm going to use this quote in the future because it's so true. Hope you don't mind the attribution "a wise man once said [...]"
- latch 15y agoI stole it from someone else. maybe "a stupid thief once said [...]"
- brudgers 15y agoIt's a good idea in general for small values of x: x years experience doesn't mean much if it's the same year x times Probably true for x < 3 and often true for x < 7. On the other hand, a person still using the same coding skills they had in 1981 probably writes damn tight efficient code...or is a God of COBOL .