[herewegohawks]

The paranoia has even trickled down to beginners too - paralysis by analysis of what they "should be learning" instead of spending time finishing projects. You see it in question threads everywhere - "Ruby vs Python?" "Node vs Rails?". Don't worry about learning languages/frameworks, pick a tool, and USE it to create something.

[theodorton]

People should be more concerned with fundamental skills IMHO. I don't think there are Ruby and Javascript programmers. You're either a programmer or you're not. What language/framework is just a means to an end.

[swah]

It is unfortunate that recruiters don't seem to understand that...

[sotojuan]

Yep. Here and on reddit people are happy to say "we hire for programming skill, not framework or language knowledge!" and they may be right.

However, almost every time I have been rejected or offered a job and given a reason has been for a lack of domain knowledge (or in the latter case, possession of that knowledge!) of a particular framework or language.

[JustSomeNobody]

True, but as a programmer, I believe you have to at some point start filtering out jobs that are hiring for <insert technology>. That doesn't leave many jobs and one has to be willing to look long and hard for them, but when you find them, you'll be more satisfied.