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I also have 10 years experience but I am in the same job because I can't defeat recruitment agencies. If today a new Framework, let's call it "Framework9" is announced, all jobs will instantly want 3 years experience, and 4-5 years experience of all other known frameworks, preferably in all languages, and preferably a designer who is a master of photoshop and CSS, with a long history of blah blah blah blah

I am really starting to wonder what other careers are possible as this kind of sucks. I am especially bad at bullshitting so I don't really get anywhere.

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In my experience that's often sign of either a job position where they don't really know what they want, or a recruiter casting a wide net trying to catch people with a bit of each on their resume. Playing keyword bingo. I've had much more success by looking around on the likes of linkedin / twitter to find the good recruiters. Single people with their own shop or ones within an org. The ones who seem to be well recommended or seem to know their game. Approach them personally, make friends with them, get to know them. Tell them you are bad at BS. Once they get to know you, they will go to their network. Let them do their job of finding you the position. Or, they will put you on their books for when a suitable one comes up. I find the quality of positions and work is much higher doing things this way. This took me a long time to work out too.

The bad news is that job descriptions are written in vacuums with no connection to reality.

The somewhat good news is that job listings are not a great way to find jobs anyway.

I have and have known many others that have gotten jobs they did not meet the description for at all. Just a matter of going out and meeting people. If you can meet someone face to face, they won't sweat the details in the job description. No bullshitting required.

And I want a two dollar Ferrari, but realistically i take what I can get. Recruiters will have to do to.

Thanks for the advice lads.

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