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Discussion on: I've been a programmer for over 20 years, watched the internet the grow up, ask Me Anything!

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Experience is valuable. Years worked is not. I spent most of those years trying new things, switching jobs, changing fields, using different tools languages, and even hopping countries. I've been fortunate enough to have these experiences -- I realize not everybody will get that chance.

It's kind of a hard, or sad situation though. It's not unrealistic that somebody with 10 years of work could have less breadth of experience than somebody with even 3-4 years of work.

Gathering valuable experience requires a concerted effort. This article from a friend of mine goes into detail about this: does practice make perfect