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0 pointsthaumaturgy16y ago0 comments

I've only had to hire two people so far, but based on that limited experience, I'd definitely prefer someone with passion, interest, and willingness to learn, over someone with experience (and without the rest).

For one thing, even though everyone always goes around arguing that there's only one right way to do things, the fact is that any given organization has their own habits and methods and reasons, and very experienced people may be more reluctant to "fit in".

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smokinn16y ago

That problem cuts both ways though.

You have the experienced people who are stubborn and want to do things their way because in their experience that works best but you also have the experienced people who know that the best way to do things is the way that the team is best structured to implement well and maintain efficiently in the future.

The passionate people have the same problem. Passion brings on a strong desire to do things "right" so some will refuse to adapt to the team, their passion dictating what the team should do and others will be more passionate about results rather than methodologies.

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