Comments on: Of experience and judgment http://aaron-ng.info/blog/of-experience-and-judgment.html Comments, opinions and an occasional ramble Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:15:13 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: guojun http://aaron-ng.info/blog/of-experience-and-judgment.html/comment-page-1#comment-17386 guojun Sun, 24 Feb 2008 16:11:39 +0000 http://aaron-ng.info/blog/of-experience-and-judgment.html#comment-17386 ;-) superman, they're not necessarily chosen by the organisations in question hahaha ;-) superman, they’re not necessarily chosen by the organisations in question hahaha

]]> By: Ned Stark http://aaron-ng.info/blog/of-experience-and-judgment.html/comment-page-1#comment-17383 Ned Stark Sun, 24 Feb 2008 07:54:21 +0000 http://aaron-ng.info/blog/of-experience-and-judgment.html#comment-17383 I concur my friend. This idea of experience is pretty much overrrated. If experience were really the determinative factor then one could just vote for someone older everytime. Of course there are instances where judgment and experience overlap; namely whereby the more experience one has the better one's judgment supposedly becomes but that again is not determinative and should not be the sole factor. An interesting thing in Singapore is the fact that the ruling party often throws in the argument that having been the ruling party they have the experience. This argument is rather ingenuous because it makes use of the party's name to shock people into voting for it, thus conflating the candidates abilities and that of the party. I concur my friend. This idea of experience is pretty much overrrated. If experience were really the determinative factor then one could just vote for someone older everytime.

Of course there are instances where judgment and experience overlap; namely whereby the more experience one has the better one’s judgment supposedly becomes but that again is not determinative and should not be the sole factor.

An interesting thing in Singapore is the fact that the ruling party often throws in the argument that having been the ruling party they have the experience. This argument is rather ingenuous because it makes use of the party’s name to shock people into voting for it, thus conflating the candidates abilities and that of the party.

]]> By: Anxious Singaporean http://aaron-ng.info/blog/of-experience-and-judgment.html/comment-page-1#comment-17382 Anxious Singaporean Sat, 23 Feb 2008 17:15:54 +0000 http://aaron-ng.info/blog/of-experience-and-judgment.html#comment-17382 Do Singapore's ex-Generals really have great judgement and leadership skills? How much time did they spend in the military? And how does one know they are qualified for their civilian jobs? Democratically governed countries have civil servants who run things on a day to day basis. The civil service outlasts Presidents, Prime Ministers and Ministers. MPs, Senators, Congressmen come and go. Thus an inspiring and able leader can galvanise the civil service. And the country can be saved from a poor one leader/leaders by competent civil servants. But if leaders and civil servants are well paid but lacking in "the right stuff", who will help the country? Do Singapore’s ex-Generals really have great judgement and leadership skills? How much time did they spend in the military? And how does one know they are qualified for their civilian jobs?

Democratically governed countries have civil servants who run things on a day to day basis.

The civil service outlasts Presidents, Prime Ministers and Ministers. MPs, Senators, Congressmen come and go.

Thus an inspiring and able leader can galvanise the civil service.

And the country can be saved from a poor one leader/leaders by competent civil servants.

But if leaders and civil servants are well paid but lacking in “the right stuff”, who will help the country?

]]> By: superman http://aaron-ng.info/blog/of-experience-and-judgment.html/comment-page-1#comment-17380 superman Sat, 23 Feb 2008 03:32:23 +0000 http://aaron-ng.info/blog/of-experience-and-judgment.html#comment-17380 hmm....could that be the reasons we have ex-generals in DBS, in Singtel, in Temasek, in IDA? No experience,but great judgement and leadership skills = qualified. you see, our gahmen have been very open minded all this while. so don't worry. :-) hmm….could that be the reasons we have ex-generals in DBS, in Singtel, in Temasek, in IDA? No experience,but great judgement and leadership skills = qualified. you see, our gahmen have been very open minded all this while. so don’t worry. :-)

]]> By: Solo Bear http://aaron-ng.info/blog/of-experience-and-judgment.html/comment-page-1#comment-17379 Solo Bear Sat, 23 Feb 2008 01:17:47 +0000 http://aaron-ng.info/blog/of-experience-and-judgment.html#comment-17379 Something I wrote in Oct last year. Just for laughs. http://wherebearsroamfree.blogspot.com/2007/10/us-presidential-elections-2008-satire.html Something I wrote in Oct last year.

Just for laughs.

http://wherebearsroamfree.blogspot.com/2007/10/us-presidential-elections-2008-satire.html

]]> By: guojun http://aaron-ng.info/blog/of-experience-and-judgment.html/comment-page-1#comment-17376 guojun Fri, 22 Feb 2008 11:35:27 +0000 http://aaron-ng.info/blog/of-experience-and-judgment.html#comment-17376 Bravo! I don't really buy that too, but that's what the Gahmen's rhetoric hinges on, isn't it? They are always saying that they have the experience, while in the private sector, people who are 'experienced' are replaced by fresh new faces with a different perspective and judgement. It's two worlds in one island again, but then again, what's new? Bravo!

I don’t really buy that too, but that’s what the Gahmen’s rhetoric hinges on, isn’t it? They are always saying that they have the experience, while in the private sector, people who are ‘experienced’ are replaced by fresh new faces with a different perspective and judgement. It’s two worlds in one island again, but then again, what’s new?

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