Cardeck1

I am rather curious why most of the hiring revolves around developers and no one actually searches for non-developers/innovators/good-hearted people that you can teach (as Elon Musk put it and almost no one follows his example).

While I am aware of our value as developers today, I don't understand the low demand for non-devs in US. I can't help but wonder what would happen if a new Steve Jobs would be born, would he have a chance in today's world? We all know he was an innovator but not even close to a developer.

Every month there's this "who's hiring" thread where you find all kind of jobs yet all of them are made for devs. And it's not one thread but almost all hiring discussions are completely avoiding/ignoring the other side which leads me to believe they are somehow psychologically extinct or shifted to another industry.

I personally believe the world can be changed by anyone from anywhere with or without an ivy league degree or super resumes. After all, change comes from unexpected places. Yet we are only exploiting a very small portion of this world's potential when it comes to people's ambition and abilities.

I don't know about you guys but I am disgusted by job descriptions posted by companies in the last few years, especially Internships and Entry-level jobs. I ignored the subject for some time now but too many complain about it nowadays.

How is it possible to ask for hundreds of years of experience + being fluent in 10 languages for a damn Entry-Level job. Now, of course I am exaggerating but you get my point. How can we give students a chance to prove themselves if they can't even "join the game".

I have friends searching for a job for weeks now, yet they always hit the same wall, super extra experience and a bunch of superman responsabilities for just an internship...So basically you can't even start learning or getting experience and I am not even mentioning senior positions where you need 20 years of experience ( half life) to get the job done.

Now I am asking you: Is this how it should be?Is this the trend now?Which company has the hardest entry requirements? Thanks.