I've seen several job postings requiring 10 years' experience with the cloud platform I work with. It released in 2015.
I always go by the "75% rule" - if I meet 75% of requirements they ask for, I apply. You never know who actually wrote and contributed to the posting. The requirements can be far removed from what the hiring manager actually cares about.
The most straightforward example of how this happens is:
- we're hiring a principal engineer. That is 10+ years experience
- engineering says required skills are ML & Graphics Programming.
- our handbook says graphics programmers have degrees
And the listing gets made by doing: for each requirement, (role number of years - 2) years experience in (requirement).
I always go by the "75% rule" - if I meet 75% of requirements they ask for, I apply. You never know who actually wrote and contributed to the posting. The requirements can be far removed from what the hiring manager actually cares about.
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