often seems everywhere but silicon valley overvalues experience, and the valley undervalues it.

Jul 13, 2014 · 12:06 AM UTC

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@pmarca @brezina @sama no IQ requirement for a lot of jobs! including venture capitalist ;)
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@pmarca @sama including the top job in the country - POTUS with an age requirement of 35 years
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@sama Experience is critical when failure is catastrophic. In startups it isn't.
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Replying to @pmarca
@pmarca @brezina @sama @bhorowitz But maybe it gets easier with age/experience to exert rather than feel pressure
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@sama you see through the guise of people trading on the experience of being associated w/success. Halo effect still works everywhere else.
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@pmarca @sama Probably because the old guys are so much richer than the envious young guns in Silly Valley.
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@sama @paulg average age effect?
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@sama Do you find that the same applies with s/ienc/tis/ ?