It’s funny how I came across some posting that wanted 10 years of Java when that wasn’t possible. I asked the recruiter what the deal was and they said they had

It’s funny how I came across some posting that wanted 10 years of Java when that wasn’t possible. I asked the recruiter what the deal was and they said they had to choose from a drop down of “1-3,3-10,10+” so they chose the highest one because Java was really important. They didn’t even know what Java was or how old it was. This helped me understand how little misunderstandings can get amplified into things that seem really specific and set in stone. So the whole “question everything” approach really helps here as assuming that just because a number is specific that it was chosen for a specific reason is rarely true.