I had a recent conversation with someone who was into electronics & programming 40+ years ago as a youth. He has had successful careers in other non-related fie

I had a recent conversation with someone who was into electronics & programming 40+ years ago as a youth. He has had successful careers in other non-related fields. He recently was messing around with a Raspberry Pi & remarked how little things have changed & how easy it was to jump pack in. I strongly believe an employer is very short sighted if they are more concerned in a specific framework than knowledge as a whole. I agree, learning a framework doesn't take much time. They all borrow their patterns & ideas. If your needs are urgent for a person to hit the ground running on a specific framework you should probably hire a contractor. If you want an employee you should care more about people & project skills, plus overall programming/IT knowledge.