>Experience means very little. Why? Because I can capture 70% of your experience in your code -- in your library -- and build directly on top of it.
If you depend on my experience, it's going to make me money one way or another. And it's going to be money that you don't make, either because you have to share your revenue with me, or because it doesn't give you an edge as many others will use my library to compete with you.
But the problem is that age doesn't automatically give me the kind of experience that others depend on. There's a lot of knowledge that becomes utterly useless or even misleading over time.
And you can be quite sure of one thing. If your experience comes from gluing together a bunch of libraries to chase the fashions of the day, your experience will indeed mean very little down the road.
If you depend on my experience, it's going to make me money one way or another. And it's going to be money that you don't make, either because you have to share your revenue with me, or because it doesn't give you an edge as many others will use my library to compete with you.
But the problem is that age doesn't automatically give me the kind of experience that others depend on. There's a lot of knowledge that becomes utterly useless or even misleading over time.
And you can be quite sure of one thing. If your experience comes from gluing together a bunch of libraries to chase the fashions of the day, your experience will indeed mean very little down the road.