This fact is not surprising. People in the beginning of the career are usually very motivated to move to higher levels. These guys do a lot to provide quick visible results, follow all (well, about all) corporate policies, do not forget to provide all required reports and so on. They have a lot of things to learn, and a lot of stuff to do to demonstrate that they are not worse than others, they are better! It's a good stimulus, isn't it?
So are students usually more motivated than experienced professionals? May be, but I would say it in a different way.
Beginners are motivated by the need to prove their professional level and their ability to take different role or position. Some of them spends effort to be recognized by colleagues and management, others stay goals just for themselves. Both of these types can make a good career, but the first category usually does it faster and a bit chaotic while career path of the second group is more stable.
every soldier dreams of becoming a general;IT is quite similar. While gathering more knowledge and experience, the aspiration is being reduced.
every lieutenant dreams of becoming a colonel;
and every captain wants to be a major.
Professional life becomes simpler, people just focus on their everyday activities. They do not try to do something perfectly and to get some bonus for that single achievement. For them, good results are not something uncommon, good results are normal.
Of course, professionals also do need to be recognized. Not just for some individual output, but for the constant success. They do not claim to get such recognition, but if such regular good work is being permanently ignored, the person starts thinking about her/his job in a different manner...
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Probably my opinion is biased, but so far i didn't see best novice producing better results than best pro. I mean, their learning does advances greatly, but then they just advance on productivity scale and reach pro level.
I'd stand for DeMarko's P.O.V. that young people are being "recognized" simply because their learning progress opens a wide range of vacancies for them, and a company needs to keep investmets.
I never doubted, best pro is more productive than best novice. The point was, that in many cases results of professionals' work are less noticeable, because usually experts don't try to make their single achievements looking outstanding, and because others do not expect anything else but just excellent work.
P.S. As well, I almost agree with DeMarko on this point. The only difference, that I'm adding one more reason - a need to prove to oneself and to others.
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