I saw this job posting the other day. It reads:
STRONGLY PREFER:
15+ years experience with online marketing
15+ years? I am not sure if anyone has that. Maybe some people do, but the more important question would be: Is it truly useful?
Back in March 2008, Facebook wasn’t the most popular social network in the world yet; MySpace was. Today, after 2 years, it’s crushing every single one of its competitors in terms of unique visitors per month.
The founder, Mark Zuckerberg, was 11 years old 15 years ago. I think it’s safe to assume that he had zero experience with online marketing.
So perhaps the length of your work history isn’t really that important. Maybe most recruiters are simply being lazy to use it as a measurement of talent because it’s easier to make a decision that way.
“Hey, this guy has 15 years of working experience, so he must be better than the guy with 5 years of experience.”
15 years of experience or 1 year of experience repeated 15 times? Hard to say.
Work, to leave a legacy. I have said it before, and I am sticking to it.
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