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by DrBenCarson 1037 days ago
The idea is they reduce problems to conceptuals. You don’t need experience, and in fact industry or specific experience is often a hindrance, to solving conceptual problems.

They do this many times a year (see: young people working crazy hours). Pattern recognition develops. They now lead 20-somethings doing this work.

The idea that age == competence is a bad one IMO.