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Shit is out of hand (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/whitepeopletwitter@sh.itjust.works
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[–] 9 points 2 years ago (2 children)

No shame in asking questions

Tech fields are always moving forward, if someone has a question they should ask instead of guess

Further, older entrants with experience in older technologies have value that a company may need that newer entrants may not have really had the opportunity to ever work with. Deprecated technology still runs a lot of systems and companies will drag their feet in moving on because they have these older people working for them that, if a problem comes up they're going to deal with and the company perception is that it's cheaper than updating the entire thing to more modern solutions.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Oh I should be clear that this person is absolutely a problem. They’re far less effective at their job, don’t learn for long after the question is asked, and the value they bring to the team is, in some ways, less than a fairly young person. And yet they’re paid more because “experience”.

    I have the same thing in my field(architecture and structural engineering firms) as a technologist. People who refuse to learn new skills with the software constantly hold back people willing to put in the effort.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    Make no mistake, the career path has no bearing on this experience. It is ubiquitous in the workforce.

    At one point in my life I was pushing carts in a factory, and some times we'd have to prep the material. People refusing to learn any sort of efficient way to prep the material meant they if they walked over to a cart that needed to be prepped I would change my entire workflow to adapt to being down a person

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