[rue]

The good ones will learn whatever tools are necessary for the job. The good companies know this.

The HR barrier is admittedly present in a lot of places… the best advice there, probably, is to try to network a little to get in through the side door.

[redidas]

That HR barrier is really difficult to understand. There are so many libraries and frameworks these days, and companies are looking for a person with particular experience in a particular combination of things. It doesn't seem to matter if you know similar tech and are willing to switch over.

I wonder how much good talent is never even looked at because of this.

[RefactorCareer]

I know there was the developer agent idea (agent like an entertainment agent) floating around several years back. But this area really seems like an industry ripe for innovation. Starfighters.io has a take on the security world, but anyone out there looking for a business idea: there seems to be a large group of talented engineers out there who are being passed over by HR systems today.

[vonmoltke]

Assuming HR hasn't boarded up all the side doors.