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Seniority based on time spent in the field is also a “XD”, though.
by akmarinov 6y ago
Seniority based on time spent in the field is also a “XD”, though.
- tester34 6y agoOf course it's not perfect. If there was perfect proxy for good people then $BIG_TECH would pay barrow of money for this. 10 years of experience says that person probably have seen a lot of software / projects / decisions and stuff. Of course you could maintain one system for 10 years and struggle in new environment, but also there's difference between maintaining CRUD app for 10 years vs maintaining Linux kernel
- whatshisface 6y agoFor technical experience it's not a good indicator, for interpersonal experience it's spot on. It's easy to avoid doing anything technically difficult, but interpersonal situations arise unavoidably at a set rate, providing experience that you can't accelerate by having a weekend coding hobby.