Even in my local, not silicon valley part of the world, this is a problem. So many recruiters are looking for a very specific skill set they ignore talented gen

Even in my local, not silicon valley part of the world, this is a problem. So many recruiters are looking for a very specific skill set they ignore talented general programmers. Look at the JS landscape. It's disgusting. Quite literally a new framework created almost every day. Who the hell has time to keep up on that? How many ways can you build a React Website? Dozens. AJS 2.x changes versions what, weekly? I read the other day they're gonna skip to V4 and start upping the major version more quickly. What recruiters need to learn is they need to start finding good, well rounded programmers. A good programmer doesn't really care what they write in. We all have our preferences for sure, but a good programmer wants a challenge more then comfort. They generally want to learn something new, then to do the same thing day in and day out. A company that spends or allows me to learn something new over the course of a few weeks or month / 2 months is likely to keep me as a loyal employee longer then one that just wants me to write in the same languages I have been for the last decade. give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime Give a man a job they know how to do, and he'll stay for a while. Teach a man a new technology and hell stay for years.