Yes! This is something that is not just about developers and seems to be a huge gap in hiring. Go look at any big company job listings. There are many positi

Yes! This is something that is not just about developers and seems to be a huge gap in hiring. Go look at any big company job listings. There are many positions that have no "entry level" roles. The lowest level of experience will say "5 years of {x}". If you're a company that does not take people without experience, where do you think they're getting the experience? You're relying on other companies to train your employees, and naturally you're not getting a chance to create the exact employee you need. Hire people that are intelligent, humble, and willing to learn. Ignore credentials, and promote from within. In most situations, you'll get the right result. Aside: The weirdest part is there are some positions that seem to not have entry-level jobs anywhere in the industry, you have to sneak into them. For example my girlfriend is a "Brand Strategist" at a web design agency. This is what she always wanted to be, but when she was applying it seemed that every Brand Strategist job required 2-3 years of Brand Strategy experience. So she applied to her company in a role she didn't really want and then basically talked her way into the new role. Obviously she's doing well and she will never face this barrier again. But that was a stroke of good fortune.