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Re:Too Much Experience to Be Hired? Some Older Americans Fac... by cbanek on Saturday March 25, 2017 @04:46PM (#13957494)
Wouldn't this be a chance where an experienced employee would be able to use their skills and experience to help define and lead it?

Every project starts without clearly defined deliverables and a lack of leadership, but hopefully they don't stay that way.

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Re:Too Much Experience to Be Hired? Some Older Americans Fac... by sib on Saturday March 25, 2017 @05:07PM (#13957576)
"Wouldn't this be a chance where an experienced employee would be able to use their skills and experience"

Yes, in theory. However, particularly in the case of startups, many of which are led by smart but relatively inexperienced founders, those founders may not have the wisdom or humility to listen to the "grey hairs" who actually have seen the potential failure mode before.

A 24-yr-old CTO may have trouble leading a 55-yr-old software developer who's been coding since before the CTO was born.

Not all, of course, but far from 0%.

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Re:Too Much Experience to Be Hired? Some Older Americans Fac... by gedy on Saturday March 25, 2017 @05:01PM (#13957541)
Yes it would, but a lot of managers and business leaders don't want that. They want you to do what they say, and also frequently how.
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