This is usually not a consideration and has not really been there for decades. What many forget is that people who are speciallists in the area thay are recruit

This is usually not a consideration and has not really been there for decades. What many forget is that people who are speciallists in the area thay are recruiting for are not necessarily the best candidates for the actually position. Sometimes (many times) if you can get someone who is more of a generalist and is capable of diving in to gain the necessary skills is far more valuable. They are quite often the first to be discarded from the interview process. Many of the psoitions I have participated in required handling new tasks that were not within the broad scope of what the position was expected to handle. Yet, having the attitude of "let us see what is needed", meant that I was bale to be functionally more effective in that position, including being the "go to" person for those who needed problems to be solved that their normal IT groups would not handle. I have found too many "code guru's" to not be capable of thinking outside of the box whaen it is necessary. You don't have to be a "brilliant coder" but more of a person who can develop an understanding of the "problem space" of those having the problems that require solutions.