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This seems like nothing more than a desire to gatekeep experience? Being employed as a programmer means you're gaining experience...Even if you work at a single
by alex_lav 3y ago
This seems like nothing more than a desire to gatekeep experience? Being employed as a programmer means you're gaining experience...Even if you work at a single company for 20 years, you're not going to get some mythical competence that you could only get by staying in one area. This line of thinking seems like nonsense.
- jen20 3y agoWhether you have a single year of experience 10 times (or whatever ratio you experience) is orthogonal to whether you work for the same company. Being employed as a programmer may or may not gain you new experience (which is what matters if you are to be a good generalist). Whether it does depends on whether you are _doing things new to you_ while being employed.
- alex_lav 3y agoDoing new things is experience. Repetition in one area is also experience. This concept you're describing is just made up.
- jen20 3y agoSorry, no. What you have just described is being a generalist vs a specialist. Also, all concepts are “made up”. By definition.
- alex_lav 3y ago> What you have just described is being a generalist vs a specialist. Sorry, no. Those concepts are unrelated to what we're describing. > Also, all concepts are “made up”. By definition. I was trying to be polite. Made up by you and nonsensical, is the more accurate phrasing. Respectfully. But I'll be stopping here. Enjoy the day!
- jen20 3y ago> Those concepts are unrelated to what we're describing. No they aren’t. They’re literally the subject of the conversation before you joined it.