http://www.theodorenguyen-cao.com/2008/01/12/re-young-it-workers-disillusioned/ Personal blog of Theodore Nguyen-Cao Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:12:58 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 http://www.theodorenguyen-cao.com/2008/01/12/re-young-it-workers-disillusioned/comment-page-1/#comment-110 Theo Tue, 12 Feb 2008 14:36:46 +0000 http://blog.notedpath.com/2008/01/12/re-young-it-workers-disillusioned/#comment-110 I think you are missing the point of this post. I never said young professionals know more than experienced veterans. Obviously being experienced, you naturally would know more about certain topics. I'm simply saying that I feel that years of experience on a resume is overvalued when looking at a talent pool. What talented young professionals may not know, they make up with their determination and resourcefulness. Not knowing some Unix commands hardly categorizes someone as not being talented. I think you are missing the point of this post. I never said young professionals know more than experienced veterans. Obviously being experienced, you naturally would know more about certain topics. I’m simply saying that I feel that years of experience on a resume is overvalued when looking at a talent pool. What talented young professionals may not know, they make up with their determination and resourcefulness. Not knowing some Unix commands hardly categorizes someone as not being talented.

]]> http://www.theodorenguyen-cao.com/2008/01/12/re-young-it-workers-disillusioned/comment-page-1/#comment-108 Veggie Tue, 12 Feb 2008 10:17:42 +0000 http://blog.notedpath.com/2008/01/12/re-young-it-workers-disillusioned/#comment-108 No offense, but if your "top 8 unix commands for the developer" post is compared side by side to this rant^wpost about young professionals knowing more than veterans... I seriously hope you don't count yourself into that rock star 20-something's team. No offense, but if your “top 8 unix commands for the developer” post is compared side by side to this rant^wpost about young professionals knowing more than veterans… I seriously hope you don’t count yourself into that rock star 20-something’s team.

]]> http://www.theodorenguyen-cao.com/2008/01/12/re-young-it-workers-disillusioned/comment-page-1/#comment-103 A Noted Path - Personal blog of Theodore Nguyen-Cao — Where inspiration meets aspiration » Blog Archive » Prior work experience not needed? Sat, 09 Feb 2008 23:08:00 +0000 http://blog.notedpath.com/2008/01/12/re-young-it-workers-disillusioned/#comment-103 [...] Jeff Atwood just posted an article on the myth that the more years of experience a developer has, the better candidate they are for a position. In the article he references a previous post that spoke to the hypothesis that there is no correlation between skill in programming and experience. This is exactly what I was thinking when I wrote my reaction to disillusioned young IT workers. [...] [...] Jeff Atwood just posted an article on the myth that the more years of experience a developer has, the better candidate they are for a position. In the article he references a previous post that spoke to the hypothesis that there is no correlation between skill in programming and experience. This is exactly what I was thinking when I wrote my reaction to disillusioned young IT workers. [...]

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