Vitaliy wrote:

>>>> Companies also expect miracles, and want 10+ year people only.
>>>
>>>10+ of what?
>>
>> experience in technology that has been around only 2 years.
> 
> Oh, ok -- I've seen those too. :) I think it's a "lost in translation"
> problem, with people that have no clue that a particular technology did
> not exist two years ago, making the job postings.

I'd not call this a "translation" problem, not even with the quotes :)

The problem seems to be that many don't take the time to really boil it 
down to what exactly they expect. If you need someone with very specific 
experience (usually short term contracts, because you're late and need 
someone to get very quickly up to speed in a very specific environment), it 
needs to be specified exactly what is needed -- and that can't be done by 
someone who doesn't even know how long a given technology has been around. 
If you need someone for a longer term job, it's almost never the exact 
details of specific technologies that determine the aptitude of a 
candidate, so the people who write the ad should do some soul searching and 
try to write what they /really/ expect from the candidate.

Gerhard

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