I'd argue that (and I have) - a recent grad who went outside of their coursework to learn about node.js (for example) and/or has maintained their own personal w

I'd argue that (and I have) - a recent grad who went outside of their coursework to learn about node.js (for example) and/or has maintained their own personal website or projects is a passionate developer and can probably learn anything you throw at them. In fact they can probably learn it better than someone who's spent 10 years in a certain language because they've just come out of a 4 year learning experience.