[ale] Job requirements

[Stephen Touset]

I've been looking on monster.com for a new job. I've already got one as 
a network administrator, but I'm doing it mainly out of curiosity (to 
see if there's anything better out there, and what I'm "qualified" for). 
However, I'm noticing that most of the job listings have requirements 
that are, frankly, obscene. There of plenty of jobs whose objectives I 
*know* I can do (hell, I do most of them now), but require knowledge far 
past what is needed to complete them. Has anyone else noticed an extreme 
disparity between the skill level a job requires, and the skills 
required to even be considered for the job? If so, it seems that 
companies are wasting significant resources hiring highly overqualified 
people when someone who'd be willing to work for half the cost is 
perfectly suitable for the job.

Then again, I also may be overestimating my capabilities. I wonder which 
is more likely.

Stephen Touset

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