[crmd]

That's exactly what it is. I worked at IBM many moons ago, and at one point was asked to create a list of job requirements that would ensure I was provably the only person in the world who met the constraints. Big companies are weird, man.

[TeMPOraL]

It's also how procurement works in the public sector. Either of their own, or with a help of an external consultant, public sector workers will create a set of requirements that are tailored to fit a particular desired supplier, with a bunch of extra bullshit requirements thrown in so that technically allows other competitors, and doesn't look obviously illegal.

[wang_li]

Once worked with a network guy who always specced out EIGRP as a requirement to ensure he always got Cisco routers.

[salawat]

Suddenly that contracting company asking me to fudge the wording on my work experience is starting to make sense...