LinkedIn Encouragement vs. Job Requirements

Nothing quite captures the existential dread of job hunting like facing the final boss: Job Requirements. That intimidating blue monster towers over your tiny developer self, making you question if you're worthy enough to even apply.

Then LinkedIn swoops in with its empty "I believe in you!" encouragement – as if that somehow negates the need for 10 years of experience in a 3-year-old technology. The Requirements monster remains unmoved by such hollow platitudes, standing there like "That's cute, but do you have a PhD in quantum computing to build this basic CRUD app?"

Pro tip: Apply anyway. The Requirements monster is often just a wishlist written by someone who thinks "junior developer" means 5 years of experience and the ability to reverse binary trees while blindfolded.