"So for God's sake can somebody just give a good-faith answer to his question?"
I think the point of the response was the question cannot be answered.
Specifically he writes:
"How can I overcome the assumption that I do not have the skills required because I do not have the 'right' number of years of experience?"
The answer is "You cannot, it is an assumption by someone you don't know." Since he is not asking "Should I ask a friend of mine that works at this place and knows my skills put in my resume even though I don't have the 'right' number of years of experience?" We could all say "Absolutely." Referrala are great because the knowledge is first person and in depth.
Our authored followed with:
"Are skills directly proportional to years of experience?"
And the answer to that is "Yes." Is the constant the same for everyone? No. But generally some hiring manager has put out this number because he's found folks who have that land in his range of what he wants for this job. But its easily shown that someone with some experience has some sigma greater skill at the job that someone with zero experience, so it seems pointless to simply say "Yes" here.
I think the point of the response was the question cannot be answered.
Specifically he writes:
"How can I overcome the assumption that I do not have the skills required because I do not have the 'right' number of years of experience?"
The answer is "You cannot, it is an assumption by someone you don't know." Since he is not asking "Should I ask a friend of mine that works at this place and knows my skills put in my resume even though I don't have the 'right' number of years of experience?" We could all say "Absolutely." Referrala are great because the knowledge is first person and in depth.
Our authored followed with:
"Are skills directly proportional to years of experience?"
And the answer to that is "Yes." Is the constant the same for everyone? No. But generally some hiring manager has put out this number because he's found folks who have that land in his range of what he wants for this job. But its easily shown that someone with some experience has some sigma greater skill at the job that someone with zero experience, so it seems pointless to simply say "Yes" here.