Clyde has better experience of actually developing programs. He has exercised and demonstrated his technical skills. For someone who actually <i>needs</i> new programs developed, these skills may help to deliver a substantial amount of business value. For someone who doesn&#x27;t need the new programs but is poorly incentivized to care, Clyde is also adequate.<p>Alice may have a fine future in consulting, but if her projects never demonstrate hard-to-find technical skills no one&#x27;s going to pay hard-to-find-technical-skill money for her efforts later.