[KIFulgore]

I've seen several job postings requiring 10 years' experience with the cloud platform I work with. It released in 2015.

I always go by the "75% rule" - if I meet 75% of requirements they ask for, I apply. You never know who actually wrote and contributed to the posting. The requirements can be far removed from what the hiring manager actually cares about.

https://www.manager-tools.com/2010/06/career-tools-rule-job-...

[maccard]

The most straightforward example of how this happens is: - we're hiring a principal engineer. That is 10+ years experience - engineering says required skills are ML & Graphics Programming. - our handbook says graphics programmers have degrees

And the listing gets made by doing: for each requirement, (role number of years - 2) years experience in (requirement).

[jasonladuke0311]

Prime example here; you can tell which lines were added by HR/execs:

https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/2477201397/