> and the icing on the cake: "I would expect the candidate at this point to actively work at improving their skills." - jesus, you can feel the privilege oozing

> and the icing on the cake: "I would expect the candidate at this point to actively work at improving their skills." - jesus, you can feel the privilege oozing out of the paragraphs. At the same time, we live in an era when developers can use free (in both senses) dev tools, consume free tutorials on YouTube, and showcase what they've absorbed with a free GitHub account. I think you're grandstanding a bit on the 'privilege' angle. For the other comment : > Think harder. Which demographic can afford to train off hours? That absolutely holds water if a person in question never spends an hour or two on reality shows or soaps, which will do zero to improve chances in a really tough employment market.