Comments on: The value of experience http://rc3.org/2005/09/28/the-value-of-experience/ Strong opinions weakly held Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:59:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: David Heinemeier Hansson http://rc3.org/2005/09/28/the-value-of-experience/comment-page-1/#comment-353 David Heinemeier Hansson Wed, 28 Sep 2005 22:48:03 +0000 http://rc3.org/wordpress/?p=7169#comment-353 <p>No doubt. But it's also dangerous. In the business litterature, it's called "the competency trap". The desire to try out better, more productive alternatives is much less amongst those with expertise in older approaches. And naturally so.</p> <p>If the old approach has a productivity rating of 80, then the promised 160 of a new approach has a hard time appealing if you have to stay at 40 for a while before you can make the leap.</p> No doubt. But it’s also dangerous. In the business litterature, it’s called “the competency trap”. The desire to try out better, more productive alternatives is much less amongst those with expertise in older approaches. And naturally so.

If the old approach has a productivity rating of 80, then the promised 160 of a new approach has a hard time appealing if you have to stay at 40 for a while before you can make the leap.

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