The funny part is that if you are actually old enough to have the experience they 'require', and look like the distinguished gentleman in the meme, well, it turns out you are too old and feeble to be considered a good fit for the position what with all the health problems age brings...
Kind of reminds me of the early 2000s where some recruiter or HR rep would be adamant that you have 5+ years of C# experience even though it had only been out for 3 years (released in 2001). No use trying to explain that to them though.
Reminds me of that tweet where the creator of a software asked the recruiter if less experience would be accepted (given they were asking 4 years experience on a 2 year old software) and the recruiter said no
I have read from the creator of a framework who went to an Interview where skills in that framework were needed. He failed because he didn't knew enough.
some recruiter or HR rep would be adamant that you have 5+ years of C# experience even though it had only been out for 3 years (released in 2001).
My old boss would've said "That's no excuse! You've just gotta put yourself out there!"
The problem is, in the US, both the employer and prospective employee are doing a dance of lies, and employers are always more practiced, more enthusiastic, and less hesitant liars.
They genuinely see their lying as somehow noble. The same way they view their ~~greed~~ "rational self-interest."
Seriously, just ignore the "requirements" and if the job description fits you, apply anyway.
and learn on the job if it doesn't.
That depends on how far off the job description is and if that's the direction you want to go.
Homie's out here with that 300% keyboard, tho
He probably just uses emacs:
It's got upvote and downvote keys!
Yep can confirm looking for jobs sucked ass. As long as you don't give up, it's not your failure! That's what I had to tell myself for a whole year.
I’m a 20 year programming veteran and let me assure you that NOT ONCE has my work experience been verified.
Just lie. Fuck it.
Entry level jobs asking for 5 years of experience 👍