[vonmoltke]

> For good companies, laundry lists of skills are more like wish lists than requirements, especially with niche technologies.

No, for good companies requirements will be actual requirements and as such be fairly short, the rest if the list appearing as "bonus", "preferred", or other flexible adjective.

I'm a former systems engineer who used to do requirements analysis, so I am a little sensitive to misuse of the word "requirement". Job postings like you describe drive me up the wall.

[humanrebar]

I can relate to that. But I'm willing to give companies a pass on a crappy job posting if the position itself is interesting.

[redblacktree]

Especially since it was very likely written, or at least mangled, by HR staff.