Why is that an issue? It's a freelance gig, so you are free to ask for whatever requirements you want.

But I remember being interviewed for a cybersecurity job at Siemens's Trains division and the german guys there started grilling me on some obscure cybersecurity standards used by the rail industry, even though that was never in my pentest resume and it's something that can be learned on the job.

Germans really hate hiring people who don't 100% fit a job description no matter how impossible it is. No wonder their economy is stagnant, when it's based on HR box ticking instead of aptitudes.

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littlecranky67 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Because there is no other railway infrastructure company. They are looking for people they already employ.

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joe_mamba 4 hours ago | parent [-]

What do you mean? How can they look hire people if they already employ them?

	▲	littlecranky67 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Exactly my point.

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gzread 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

It's a problem because they don't get good employees and then they don't work well as a company.

	▲	joe_mamba 4 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Maybe they don't want good employees, they want yes-men instead that don't rock the boat and keep the politics gravy train going for the C-suites. Good employees are required for the private sector that has competition, not for pseudo-state controlled pseudo-monopolies.