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My management has basically just shrugged, "it's the market right now" without considering any long-term ramifications. I'd almost be fine with it if the rising tide lifted all boats, but it seems to be highly particular to the incoming <5 years of experience people.
Before too long, I'm going to end up working for people who know almost nothing, and don't even have the experience to know it. That'll be the moment I retire.
Requiring 15-20 years of experience?
Just... no.
Software engineers are so well paid that many of them retire from the job market permanently after 15-20 years. You might as well ask people to be 65 years old until they can occupy the position.
20 years is 25% of a lifespan, and 33% of an adult lifespan.
Why isn't 10 years good enough? Unless it's an executive position for people who are at the end of their careers. You can become a Brigadier General in 20 years in the military, which would be broadly equivalent to a SVP.
This tells me the author has no knowledge of the academic hiring processes. Once you are at the stage of looking for tenured faculty jobs, your publication record is everything. If you're trying for a liberal arts school, then your research needs to be compatible with involving undergrads, and they care alot about your record as an instructor.
Professors all know how the PhD sausage is made, and are the group of people least likely to be impressed by prestige. They will just look up your actual thesis and critique it instead of relying on the halo effect.
If a university thinks a PhD student's publication record is good enough to grant him or her a doctorate, it should be good enough to offer him a faculty position.
Also, politicians and other important public figures don't use Reddit like they use Twitter.
I think that may change in the future. Many politicians, including prominent ones, have done AMAs. Arnold Schwarzenegger is a semi regular. The Sergeant Major of the US Army is a regular. Rick Astley is a semi regular. Verne Troyer was a regular before he died.