Ask HN: Why are we still using years of experience to measure work aptitude?

Re:Ask HN: Why are we still using years of experience to mea... by bradknowles on Tuesday November 28, 2017 @02:00AM (#15795055)

With respect, I’ve got nearly 30 years of experience in the field, and I have the same questions —- why do people equate years of experience with competence?

I’ve met so many people who are incompetent and yet have many years of experience, and I’ve met a number of people who are very competent but do not actually have that many years of experience.

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Re:Ask HN: Why are we still using years of experience to mea... by Symphlion on Tuesday November 28, 2017 @05:19AM (#15795919)

I agree to some extent, years of experience doesn't necessarily equate to competence, however, it does help in determining whether or not that person is at least capable of dealing with problems so common in our development world.

It's not _just_ about the technical skill, our jobs require us to communicate, think, analyze problems/challenges, troubleshoot, fix bugs, oh and also, on occasion, write code :P

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Re:Ask HN: Why are we still using years of experience to mea... by warrenm on Tuesday November 28, 2017 @08:10AM (#15796873)

You can have 1 year of experience 30 times

Or you could have 30 years of experience

Both look like "30 years" - but it, generally, comes out in screening and interviewing processes who actually has the "30 years"

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