It is quite common for experience in X itself to be quite different from the experience that is useful in dealing with X in some different context.
Most oncologists have no experience with actually having cancer themselves.
A majority of aircraft mechanics are not pilots.
Only a small percentage of referees in most major professional sports leagues have every played that sport professionally themselves.
Most patent lawyers are not inventors.
He'd also take me up flying, and would let me try the controls a bit. I trusted and valued his pilot's judgement.
Many other engineers at Boeing were also pilots. Friends of mine are pilots. My father was a combat pilot in two wars.
Airplane mechanics have very little decision making power. They go strictly by the book. I worked on writing instructions for the mechanics who would be maintaining and checking my gearbox design. It went into excruciating detail.
I would wager that the better mechanics were ones who were pilots, as they'd know in their bones how important their job was.
Oh, the tiresome word definition game again. No thanks.
> Does only private-sector experience "count?"
Why did you feel the need to insert "only"?
Mayors Katie Wilson and Mandami have never run a business, or worked for a business, and it shows.
How can one regulate a business without ever being in the trenches?
In this case though it would be more like an inspector checking that the changes made to modify a building to house a ballet studio follow code has not taken a ballet class.
In record-high approval ratings, multiple reforms supported by small businesses, and fast progress on many huge initiatives?