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gav on April 20, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: What good is experience?

Experience is practicing making mistakes on somebody else's dime.

It gives you the understanding that something is a good or a bad decision sooner than somebody who hasn't had this practice.

rralian on April 20, 2012 [–]

Experience doesn't have to be on someone else's dime. In fact, if you want to really learn your lesson, there's no better way than to make your mistakes on your own dime.

gav on April 20, 2012 | [–]

You're right. I was thinking more about the benefits of hiring experienced people.

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