But someone who has used a palm sander, orbital sander, belt sander, disc sander, and so on will be able to see a new type of sander in the context of existing tools and know what’s right for what job.
Your average junior will be in the first scenario. However, it’s possible to be experienced yet still be stuck in the first scenario.
Do you mean that there are seniors with a lack of experience? I believe yes I was also making that same point.
Ageism in the industry also encourages seniors to appear to be plugged in with the newest shiniest thing, so we kind of do it to ourselves with our hiring practices.
We need to divorce seniority from talent.
This phrase is divorcing seniority from talent, albeit perhaps not in the way experienced engineers might prefer.