LogFAQs > #930568465

I remember how people used to complain about this sort of thing, because a lot of time businesses would ask for requirements that were literally impossible to fulfill.

Like, a programming job might ask for you to have 10 years of experience coding in Java, but Java only existed for 7 years at the time. So the only way you could ever apply for that job is if you were willing to lie about your own experience.

The other complaint along those lines was that businesses would ask you to have X number of years coding in a specific language, only to hire you and ask you to completely disregard the way you used to code at previous companies, and be retrained into your new company's personal style. Meaning almost anyone would general coding experience would have been good enough for the job (since they're going to train you from the ground up anyway), and having years worth of experience in specific languages might actually be a negative (because they're going to tell you to forget everything you know anyway).

That's part of what led to the mentality for a lot of people that you should just go to every interview even if you didn't meet the stated requirements, blatantly lie to them about what experience you had, and then if you got the job you could cram your way into learning whatever languages they wanted you to use to back up your lies. Because if you were honest you were never going to get a job in the field.
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