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>it makes some sense for a company to want to only hire people whose skills exactly match the specific thing they are hiring them to work on

The good ol' "10 years of experience in Swift" approach... Though that joke is so old now that it probably is possible to legitimately have that.

That approach would make sense if the requirements seemed possible to begin with. And the salary was enough to attract that kind of niche talent. You're basically asking for a consultant for an employee's salary at that point.



> The good ol' "10 years of experience in Swift" approach... Though that joke is so old now that it probably is possible to legitimately have that.

Just about. Swift was released on June 2, 2014.




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