The problem in this particular case is that the concerns of embedded systems are orthogonal to what anyone who knows _only_ JavaScript has ever dealt with. Tho

The problem in this particular case is that the concerns of embedded systems are orthogonal to what anyone who knows _only_ JavaScript has ever dealt with. Those worlds are simply too far apart. Your case is entirely valid when, say, a person is hired to work in a retail system and who had previously worked in some form of a decision support system.