Experience means your good?
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I have been having a disagreement with a senior colleague who is insisting that experience is everything in IT Development and if you have been working in IT for a number of years then it makes you a good developer... or in other words you can’t be a bad developer if you have been coding for many years. I just can't see how that makes any sense, is it just me? If you have been doing something for a long time it does not mean you are good at it?
There are usually 3 types of programmers. 1. Experienced programmers that can handle any problem in their technology. 2. Experienced programmers that can handle any problem and are perfectly able to adapt with the changing technologies. 3. The hot-shot rookie, that thinks he knows it all. I would pick #2 95% of the time, and pick a #3 that shows signs that he has what it takes to become a #2 over time.
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Marc Clifton wrote:
25 years of unplugging the sh*t in the toilet does not make one a better plumber.
Maybe it just means you need to change your diet.
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Pete O`Hanlon wrote:
Maybe it just means you need to change your diet.
Indeed. Or chop down the tree whose roots always get into the sceptic line. :) (Hmm, how far can we push this metaphor into total obfuscation?) Marc
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An individual may only be as good as the philosophies that abide by the nurturing of experience acquired over time or Sh/Hhe could be a genius. Does your colleague believe that you should always hone skill sets to become a better ICT engineer? Does your colleague recommend new sources of info to read? Blogs or books etc?
--- Elle A Du Shell
-+- Beth Mackenzie -+- wrote:
Does your colleague believe that you should always hone skill sets to become a better ICT engineer? Does your colleague recommend new sources of info to read? Blogs or books etc?
I would say yes. But that does not mean that everybody does...
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I have been having a disagreement with a senior colleague who is insisting that experience is everything in IT Development and if you have been working in IT for a number of years then it makes you a good developer... or in other words you can’t be a bad developer if you have been coding for many years. I just can't see how that makes any sense, is it just me? If you have been doing something for a long time it does not mean you are good at it?
outside cosmic wrote:
or in other words you can’t be a bad developer if you have been coding for many years.
Your colleague needs to meet some of the IT people I have met over the years... Your colleague saying that leads me to believe that (s)he does not have enough experience! Others have already hit on the reality of this, so I will not comment any further. Peace!
-=- James
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I have been having a disagreement with a senior colleague who is insisting that experience is everything in IT Development and if you have been working in IT for a number of years then it makes you a good developer... or in other words you can’t be a bad developer if you have been coding for many years. I just can't see how that makes any sense, is it just me? If you have been doing something for a long time it does not mean you are good at it?
Experience in doing things in the right way is good and to prove his experience.
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More experience means more exposure and a stronger comprehensive database of realtime problems and elegant solutions.
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Absolutely True.
Regards, Satips.:rose: Don't walk in front of me, I may not follow; Don't walk behind me, I may not lead; Walk beside me, and just be my friend. - Albert Camus