My friend works as a Unix admin and his older coworker, who is paid way more than he is, is essentially useless and always slowing everyone down. Constantly asking basic questions and getting stuck on simple things for a whole day when he doesn’t ask.
Same with driving. I don’t care how long you’ve been doing it if you haven’t put any serious effort into learning and improving after passing your pathetic, weak test 38 years ago.
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.
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.
My friend works as a Unix admin and his older coworker, who is paid way more than he is, is essentially useless and always slowing everyone down. Constantly asking basic questions and getting stuck on simple things for a whole day when he doesn’t ask.
Same with driving. I don’t care how long you’ve been doing it if you haven’t put any serious effort into learning and improving after passing your pathetic, weak test 38 years ago.
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.
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.
I feel like this is almost every company ever. Incompetent people near the top being propped up by lesser paid people doing all the work.