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It's not that employers don't reward creativity quite the opposite most do. The real problem is employers do not like this unbridled creativity that is not temp

It's not that employers don't reward creativity quite the opposite most do. The real problem is employers do not like this unbridled creativity that is not tempered with experience. One of the things that schools try to push on people is the idea that there is no dumb question and also the idea that all opinions are of equal weight. This kind of thinking is complete an utter Fantasyland. There are great many dumb questions and generally they come from people who've been taught that they can simply ask a question instead of doing any kind of investigation on their own to acquire knowledge or experience and then using the question to fill in the gaps. Additionally there's a lot of bad opinions that are made because of failure to understand the environment which something is in. Some fresh students that enters the workforce has tons of foolish questions and a lot of opinions born of ignorance and I think the workforce is squashing their creativity. Is very much like when you have children and they turn into teenagers and suddenly believe that they know more than the parents. This idea of your old therefore you don't understand is the height of ignorance that they display. More students need to be taught that they need to listen to the wisdom around them, before they begin to implement "creativity". This may be something that takes years before they are ready to properly participate with creative solutions depending on how fast they can actually pick up in a stimulate information.

usrn 5y ago
This is what I like about math classes: you're forced to stop and think but you still get exposed to fantastically creative proofs (and even solutions!) I think people way underrate the educational value of advanced math for people that aren't going to need it in their career.
21723 5y ago
> It's not that employers don't reward creativity quite the opposite most do. Most employers don't reward or punish creativity itself. They don't care. As long as the boss doesn't look bad in front of his boss, no one cares either way if you're creative. The system, however, is built not to rely on individual excellence (that being rare, and usually coming with personality). You can do fine without creativity; the disruptive elements that almost always come with a creativty personality are never appreciated in the corporate world. > The real problem is employers do not like this unbridled creativity that is not tempered with experience. No, that's not it. (I do agree that creativity grows in value with experience, and that experience is undervalued in the technology industry, but that's a separate debate.) It's just that more experienced people know to hide their creativity unless there's a major personal payoff (i.e., a massive promotion or 6+ figure bonus) because otherwise there is only downside. Sometimes, just doing your job too well can cause problems by making others look bad.

usrn 5y ago

This is what I like about math classes: you're forced to stop and think but you still get exposed to fantastically creative proofs (and even solutions!) I think people way underrate the educational value of advanced math for people that aren't going to need it in their career.

21723 5y ago

> It's not that employers don't reward creativity quite the opposite most do. Most employers don't reward or punish creativity itself. They don't care. As long as the boss doesn't look bad in front of his boss, no one cares either way if you're creative. The system, however, is built not to rely on individual excellence (that being rare, and usually coming with personality). You can do fine without creativity; the disruptive elements that almost always come with a creativty personality are never appreciated in the corporate world. > The real problem is employers do not like this unbridled creativity that is not tempered with experience. No, that's not it. (I do agree that creativity grows in value with experience, and that experience is undervalued in the technology industry, but that's a separate debate.) It's just that more experienced people know to hide their creativity unless there's a major personal payoff (i.e., a massive promotion or 6+ figure bonus) because otherwise there is only downside. Sometimes, just doing your job too well can cause problems by making others look bad.