61% of “Entry-Level” Jobs Require 3+ Years of Experience

Re:61% of “Entry-Level” Jobs Require 3+ Years of Experience by aczerepinski on Thursday March 29, 2018 @08:16AM (#16706339)

I've noticed that people conflate "years of experience" with "time elapsed since the first time you did the thing" all the time.

I would love to see job postings that require 2,000+ hours of experience for junior level or 10,000+ hours for senior level.

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Re:61% of “Entry-Level” Jobs Require 3+ Years of Experience by godelski on Thursday March 29, 2018 @10:57AM (#16707573)

I've noticed that people conflate "hours worked" with "skill level" or "effectiveness level". I mean they definitely correlate on average, but 100hrs experience for one person is equivalent to 1khrs to another.

Figuring out skill level is hard. And no matter what job you are at and skill level, it requires training. But if we're talking junior positions, that means "we are going to teach you." I feel like that part is being lost.

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Re:61% of “Entry-Level” Jobs Require 3+ Years of Experience by aczerepinski on Thursday March 29, 2018 @11:37AM (#16707908)

Sure but I'd argue that there are likely to be more similarities amongst people with 2,000 hours experience than there are amongst people with 1 year of experience. 1 year could mean anything from "watched three udemy courses" to 4,000 hours of hands on keyboard in a full time position + hobby projects.

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