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And during that degree, you learned the pro's and con's of every VCS and when to use which, I guess? I'm soon graduating myself, and I would never dream of beli

by maaaats 12y ago

And during that degree, you learned the pro's and con's of every VCS and when to use which, I guess? I'm soon graduating myself, and I would never dream of believing that I know better than those with more experience than me.

UK-AL 12y ago
I've working for for quite a few years, I can tell you their are many clueless people who have racked up many years of experience. I really would not get your hopes up on how well things are run. In your career YOU WILL meet people who refuse to try new stuff because "this is the way we've always done it" and unreasonable reasons. I've met people who refuse to move on from visual source safe for example. The majority of your first years of your career will be learning how to navigate office politics, how to introduce change, how to get things done without getting fired, how to manipulate your boss to make the right decisions without imposing yourself on him. Those are more important than raw technical skill. Most of the value of 'experience' comes from those skills.
- gutnor 12y ago
  The reverse is true too. If a fresh graduate is moaning about us not using GIT directly in the interview, I may wonder how that guy will turn out. Not even a single day of work under his belt and he already is either afraid to move out of his comfort zone, or has already made up his mind about what technologies must be used. Thankfully, being cocky is somewhat tolerated even expected from overeager graduates. However, that eagerness turn into zealotry and, later on, obsolescence/cluelessness for a significant part of them. You know those guys, since they cause you the most problems at work. They built their reputation by embracing new stuff and now prevent everybody to move on.
_RPM 12y ago
Don't take this the wrong way, but there are certain qualities that go together with a team that uses SVN vs Git. I can tell a lot about you just by watch VCS you use.

by maaaats 12y ago

UK-AL 12y ago

I've working for for quite a few years, I can tell you their are many clueless people who have racked up many years of experience. I really would not get your hopes up on how well things are run. In your career YOU WILL meet people who refuse to try new stuff because "this is the way we've always done it" and unreasonable reasons. I've met people who refuse to move on from visual source safe for example. The majority of your first years of your career will be learning how to navigate office politics, how to introduce change, how to get things done without getting fired, how to manipulate your boss to make the right decisions without imposing yourself on him. Those are more important than raw technical skill. Most of the value of 'experience' comes from those skills.

gutnor 12y ago
The reverse is true too. If a fresh graduate is moaning about us not using GIT directly in the interview, I may wonder how that guy will turn out. Not even a single day of work under his belt and he already is either afraid to move out of his comfort zone, or has already made up his mind about what technologies must be used. Thankfully, being cocky is somewhat tolerated even expected from overeager graduates. However, that eagerness turn into zealotry and, later on, obsolescence/cluelessness for a significant part of them. You know those guys, since they cause you the most problems at work. They built their reputation by embracing new stuff and now prevent everybody to move on.

_RPM 12y ago

Don't take this the wrong way, but there are certain qualities that go together with a team that uses SVN vs Git. I can tell a lot about you just by watch VCS you use.