I think most jobs these days are more about practical experience than most anything you learned from a book. It puts a lot of people in a catch 22 position though. I found myself there when I graduated from university.
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Yep. Even when I was young I complained that they wanted people with 3 years of experience for an out of school job. How is it possible? I quicky learned that it was more like a woman saying "I have a boyfriend" as a test to see what the guy is interested in.
I had an interview for an internship one time and they said I needed more experience. I'm not sure they understood what an internship actually was.
They were playing hard to get. :)
These days here though, my wife has people with 10+ experience applying for junior positions, due to the lack of work. The problem is, even if they can do the job, they wouldn't enjoy it for long and likely wouldn't stay anyway, given the salary would still be junior.
Yeah, that is a good point. This one was a programming job and I am not sure if they wanted someone who was already doing like hobby programming on the side or something. I feel like I could have learned quickly and been a good fit if they had given me a chance.