“I’ve got four years college experience and another six years of part-time work experience.”

“Do you know how to use the Flibbidty Widget?”

“No. Where would I have learned how to use that?”

“Only our company. We have a proprietary system that revolves entirely around this custom piece of hardware.”

“So…”

“We are only hiring people with five years experience. Sorry.”

I mean yeah? that’s the point? Most newbies we accept are a net drag on team performance while getting up to scratch, then once they get good are in a better position to negotiate a raise with us or negotiate with our competitors for employment at a higher rate