Experience vs. Youth

Experience vs. Youth

Experience or youth? Which of the two is more worthy in an advertising agency? That’s a tricky one and being part of the industry and one of the two I’d like to be diplomatic. Just kidding!

You don’t have to be a rocket scientist to know that a good idea could come from either. We have examples of both: Our very own Piyush Pandey, an experienced hand (could anyone run O&M in India better?) and Marc Zuckerberg, a talented youngster who has fired the imagination of the world, with his Facebook, a website that has caught the fancy of old hands like me too.

If I were asked to make a choice between the two, I wouldn’t. But this I’d most certainly say: to the youth I’d say, listen to the elders, they’ve been through what you are just beginning to; to the older hand I’d say, look to the young and revive in yourself the passion you have lost somewhere behind.

Passion supersedes age or the lack thereof. Look for them that have a little something between their ears and you will never go wrong.

Passion for your job and the six inches between your ears will determine the importance of an employee; age has nothing to do with it.

 Perhaps you disagree? Do write in and let’s have a small chat, a little food to exercise our grey cells, perhaps?