an actual recruiter on LinkedIn:

looking for a full stack developer with 10+ years of experience with React programming and 5+ years of experience with the blockchain and machine learning.

You should tell them to add more buzzwords, that will attract a crowd!

Is react even ten years old?

This is totally what I just ranted about.
Hype....

Jesus tapdancing Christ, React is only 5 years old you idiot dumpster moron... Blockchain has only been around for half that time for God’s sake...

I’m starting to understand why people say recruiters are the worst

Just tell them you definitely have the requisite... What are they gonna do call you on it?

That's what I do with my not finished networking degree but don't tell anyone k?

... And we're all looking for a recruiter who doesn't talk out of his arse.

@linuswillner Acty the blockchain has been around for 9 years. However anyone with more than 5 years experience with it probably has a pHD in mathematics and cryptography.

@BranDev We actually mined some in college back then, I guess that counts as "Experience"

@linuswillner Jesus tapdancing Christ 😂😂😂

also I love how he said "the blockchain"

I've had a similar issue.

The guy was looking for an Angular 2 developer with at least 5 years of experience.

@Klanowicz Naturally not, but I’m starting to understand why people say that

@BranDev It’s been around but it didn’t boom until recently, because if I recall nobody was looking for senior blockchain developers in 2010

A lot of people confuse "blockchain development" with smart contract development. A blockchain developer would need to know a good bit about encrpytion, merkle trees, and have some knowledge of different consensus algorithms. You would probably need to be pretty advanced in something like C programming along with knowing a good bit about the theory of encryption and have to be very strong mathematically.

Smart-Contract development requires that maybe you understand some blockchain mechanics. But it's at a higher level, and you're more focused on "business logic". IT has a huge overlap with web development, especially if you're working with Ethereum.