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have a family member, highly qualified, looking for entry level work in the field.

"need 2 years experience".

seriously?

I'm so tired of this. I struggled so hard. Most of the people I know struggled so hard.

then we get in and find out, really, it's not THAT selective. There's NO REASON to have all these piles of barriers.

@pnathan I find it funny when the job description says "X years in $NEW_PROGRAMMING_LANGUAGE" where $NEW_PROGRAMMING_LANGUAGE existed for less than X years

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@bvtsang @pnathan i saw a 10 years of react experience requirement a few days ago and had a laugh

and was a little disappointed in the state of things

@pnathan @taiz Probably not too much. I hear that people just list their ideal (yet unrealistic) skillset and hope their dream candidates apply.