Sadly, even outside "recruiters not knowing programmers" that even hiring managers in firms have a disconnect of what a "solid" (learn a new language in a month

Sadly, even outside "recruiters not knowing programmers" that even hiring managers in firms have a disconnect of what a "solid" (learn a new language in a month, adapt quickly, etc.) are not a "fit" because (real life paraphrase): "This candidate has no recent development on newer technologies, a small amount of front-end HTML / CSS). We cannot use this candidate). With a C# / .NET programmer to work on highly available high-volume website (profitanle, nationwide advertising, etc.) The front-end dig made no sense. Sometimes, when I have a relationship with a hiring manager and Trust, I've been able to "push" a candidate whom I feel, truly, would add value to the organization. And, when allowed, the interview / hire has led to awesome results (RE: everyone's happy after six months). But, tis the nature of the business. Polyglot developers "confuse" recruiters AND hiring managers on an inordinate scale. :( Edit: happy to check out his resume. A lot of programmers have horrendously formatted / worded resumes, which, outside of a personal network for finding new work, truly hurts their prospects at making its way through the "resume black hole" or "gate keeper HR." emails in my profile (gratis).