Re: Those requirements just get weirder :-)
- From: "Tim Ward" <tim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2005 20:43:45 +0100
<ian.illy@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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> But what justification does anyone have to ask for 4 years experience
> in a very specific area? Why should 1 year not do? Is it really so hard
> that you need 4 years to learn it or what?
>
> Most of the IT recruitment sector is totally ignorant of the way
> software development is done. They treat it like a 'craft' much like
> where a joiner may well be better after 4 years than someone with only
> one years experience.
A programmer with twenty years experience is most certainly likely to be
vastly better than one with two years experience, so in that respect it is
very much like a craft ...
> They also demand 'recent' experience as if this
> is akin to athletes where muscles atrophy if not used. This is before
> you take into consideration the fact that there is a huge variation in
> programming ability between individuals, something of the order of 10:1
> in fact. So all this focus on 'n' years of this and that is really
> pointless.
.... however it hardly matters much *what* in particular the experience is
in, it's all software.
--
Tim Ward - posting as an individual unless otherwise clear
Brett Ward Ltd - www.brettward.co.uk
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