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It always depends on the context. You can hire a senior IC who specializes in one thing only and that one thing is what keeps your business running -- doesn't
by lxe 5y ago
It always depends on the context.
You can hire a senior IC who specializes in one thing only and that one thing is what keeps your business running -- doesn't matter if they don't progress further faster.
Or you can hire someone inexperienced and spend X years training them until the intercept. But how long is X? There's a lot of risk to take on here.
- rckrd 5y agoIn my experience, the short run is always longer than we think, but the long run is always shorter than we think.
- russfink 5y agoTwo brilliant comments right away. Wow!
- wcarss 5y agorelated, people over-estimate impacts in the short run and under-estimate them in the long run. For example, a common 2015 sentiment: "self-driving cars are going to put everyone out of work imminently", compare to a common 2021 sentiment: "self-driving cars still aren't fully ready -- they likely never will be".
- js8 5y agoI have a slightly different experience, things always take longer and are less work than we think.