Young and Smart vs Old and Tricky (Score 1)

My observation is that smart as lots of young programmers are, experience counts! Not just programming experience - life experience too. In the card game bridge, people refer to LOLs - Little Old Ladies. The term arises because although they might appear to be naive, soft, and quite possibly silly, they are often fearsome opponents precisely because they've seen it all before and know how to deal with it. I see much the same thing happening in the places I've worked. A bright young thing puts up a clever idea, only to have a gray-bearded old-timer politely ask an apparently simple question which shows a subtle flaw. Tom. DISCLAIMER: I'm in the no-man's-land 'twixt being young-and-bright and old-and-wise. :-)