I think how much it matters really depends on the domain and situation. If you're hiring someone to optimize and extend the low-level graphics pipeline for your

I think how much it matters really depends on the domain and situation. If you're hiring someone to optimize and extend the low-level graphics pipeline for your industrial-grade CAD application,it makes sense to look for someone with deep experience in the graphics API you're using. If you're a seed stage startup hiring a founding full stack engineer to build out your web dashboard product, asking for specific tech experience is stupid - you need velocity, ownership/initiative, judgment under tight time constraints, etc experience, not X years in Z framework. Lots of room in between, I guess