Comments on: Measuring Social Web Expertise: Moving Beyond Usage Experience! http://caseinsights.com/index.php/2009/06/15/measuring-social-web-expertise-moving-beyond-usage-experience/ Marketing's evolution through digital technology Sat, 10 Jul 2010 20:12:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Dafydd Rees http://caseinsights.com/index.php/2009/06/15/measuring-social-web-expertise-moving-beyond-usage-experience/comment-page-1/#comment-293 Dafydd Rees Fri, 23 Oct 2009 21:21:41 +0000 http://caseinsights.com/?p=346#comment-293 Length of experience certainly isn't a measure of competence in the software development business although most recruiters and non-technical managers hire on the basis of "length of time elapsed using technology x". <br><br>I've observed two things about this:<br><br>1) People routinely ask for more "years of experience" in a technology than the total number of years for which the technology has existed(!), and<br><br>2) Length of time spent using a technology doesn't measure that person's success or effectiveness. It's possible for people to work inefficiently for years without significant interest in improving their work or understanding.<br><br>Why don't people take more of an interest in measurable results gained from using a technology instead? Length of experience certainly isn't a measure of competence in the software development business although most recruiters and non-technical managers hire on the basis of “length of time elapsed using technology x”.

I've observed two things about this:

1) People routinely ask for more “years of experience” in a technology than the total number of years for which the technology has existed(!), and

2) Length of time spent using a technology doesn't measure that person's success or effectiveness. It's possible for people to work inefficiently for years without significant interest in improving their work or understanding.

Why don't people take more of an interest in measurable results gained from using a technology instead?

]]> By: Case Insights » CASE Insights Speaks at Ignite Cardiff 2009 http://caseinsights.com/index.php/2009/06/15/measuring-social-web-expertise-moving-beyond-usage-experience/comment-page-1/#comment-275 Case Insights » CASE Insights Speaks at Ignite Cardiff 2009 Thu, 15 Oct 2009 16:09:49 +0000 http://caseinsights.com/?p=346#comment-275 [...] two earlier posts on this blog about “the mechanics of social web expertise” and “measuring social web expertise.” Most importantly though this presentation is about my [...] [...] two earlier posts on this blog about “the mechanics of social web expertise” and “measuring social web expertise.” Most importantly though this presentation is about my [...]

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