Yep. Everybody wants a "rock star". I see the occasional job posting that indicates some willingness to train but most people claim they hire only the very best

Yep. Everybody wants a "rock star". I see the occasional job posting that indicates some willingness to train but most people claim they hire only the very best. Of course this is not actually true of the vast majority of companies and most of them could bring a smart junior dev up to speed pretty quickly but that's not the prevailing mentality for some reason.